Monthly Archives: June 2014

Alexandra had a day completely filled from start to finish with celebrations in her honor.  It began with festivities in kindergarten. I arrived at around 8:30, bringing lemon cake and chocolate cupcakes for all the kids, to find her wearing … Continue reading →

After the back to school business, which was rather tame as all the kids were just moving up a grade, not changing teachers or schools, we geared up for another round of birthday bashes.  First up was Sophie’s 11th birthday.  … Continue reading →

After celebrating so many birthdays in our family, it was time to celebrate the birth of our nation.  We had the traditional cervelat sausages for lunch, and then that evening we busted out the real fun, fireworks! It’s always a … Continue reading →

For Noah’s actual birthday he wanted to invite his friend from church to spend the night.  Since Max’s little brother is Alexandra’s good friend, we invited them both to come.  What a fun treat, and how glad we are that … Continue reading →

Maddie is probably my kids most favorite cousin, although she is technically Chris’ cousin.  She is always so fun, has lots of imagination just like they do, and is always up for something new.  So we wanted to make the … Continue reading →

As promised, we returned to Cafe Sprüngli on Sarah’s actual birthday for breakfast.  Unfortunately Alexandra was not able to accompany us, as I had agreed to watch a girl from her Kindergarten that same day, and they needed to stay … Continue reading →

I wanted to take full advantage of our Legoland passes (those things aren’t cheap!), and so invited some friends to join us for the day.  Unfortunately, most were unavailable but one friend asked if she could just send her oldest … Continue reading →

For my birthday this year I wanted to do something outdoorsy. So I asked my hiking guru friend, Tanya, to suggest a nice, child friendly hike and if she would like to join us.  She readily agreed and we decided … Continue reading →

Noah also had his big friend party the last week of school.  On Wednesday afternoon, we invited a bunch of his friends to take part in a top secret mission, once they completed their spy training, of course. I am … Continue reading →

After her big Harry Potter blowout last year, Sarah wanted something more quiet and intimate this year.  She was turning a mature 12, after all.  And a big party seemed a little too childish to her.  So I made up … Continue reading →