7th Heaven

It is hard to believe that on Friday my baby turned 7!!! How does that happen?? Well I guess I can admit that it did happen, even if I didn't want to she would still be 7, so I might as well just deal with it!

We celebrated on Friday with a Movie party with her friends. It was a great time and I enjoyed getting all the stuff together to make it special. Everyone had a great time, was well-behaved (for being at a party involving candy and cupcakes!) and enjoyed watching Up! Here are some of the pictures of our celebration.

We spent Toby's birthday yesterday at Notre Dame, not one of his favorite places, but we spent it with some great friends celebrating their upcoming marriage so it was a good time!!! Today we'll have some family over to complete the birthday weekend with Emmah's birthday dinner, she gets to choose the menu (Mac & Cheese, salad and corn...it could be worse!)

Gettin Crafty

I have always had this crafty gene in me, which comes from my mom and makes me smile when I get these crazy ideas, but lately I get the urge to make something new almost daily...I'm running out of room so if you are in need let me know!!

My latest idea actually came from a display in Michaels, I put my own twist on it and came up with this:


It so fun and it was my first attempt at playing with canvas...I think I will be playing with it again!

I hope you will find your craft gene, and if you have trouble well you should check all the fun and fabulous ideas at "I Made It" at Everything Etsy. (Click below to enjoy all the fun stuf on her blog!)

Great Wolf Lodge

Oh the fun we had!!! A while back friends of ours suggested that we take a group vacation to Great Wolf Lodge, a kids resort that has an indoor waterpark!! We, along with 3 other families were off for the weekend. Many great times were had by all!

Listening to story time with Wolfie!

Waterslides, and more waterslides and lots of fun!!

Getting some much needed refueling for more swimming!!

Emmah and I taking a break from the water, not for long though!

Wolfie brought us warm cookies and milk!! What a great surprise for the kids!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to you all!! We have been busy the last couple of days getting ready for it. Yesterday we hit the local Easter egg hunt, and had a great time! Kids had fun, and it got done just in time before the rain hit!

We ended the evening by dying our eggs! Nothing too fancy this year, I usually try to get crafty, but this year I just couldn't find one I liked that wasn't too complicated. So we just dyed them and the kids LOVED it!!

We have been enjoying some truly wonderful weather around here topping out in the 80's on Friday!!! This week is spring break so we have some fun stuff planned! To end our spring break we are taking a trip to Great Wolf Lodge, a huge indoor waterpark and theme hotel. We are going with 3 other families/friends, there will be 20 of us all together! Can't wait the kids have been counting down for weeks!

On your mark

Well, we had a first in the family yesterday. Emmah has been attending GEMS, through our church and last night they held their Pinewood Derby Race. She has been working on her car for a couple of weeks at GEMS, adding the paint, the wheels, and the weight. Last night we were all geared up to go, she had it weighed, and then got it registered. Number 2...not bad, we'll just see how it races. She had not brought it home to do any extra work on it so this was her solo project and she was very proud of her Rainbow Racer.

Excited to see her car go swishing down the track she watched with great anticipation, and it was worth it all. Her car wasn't the fastest, in fact it was the 2nd slowest and she could have won a trophy for that except a good friend's son took that with his car.

Overall, I think it was a great experience for her. A friend from school won a trophy, and she got a ribbon. She was disappointed, but hopefully will learn from it and make next years even better.

I did it again!

I must say I do love to share with all of you the fun things I have been working on. One of my newest projects is this fun photo holder:



It matches the living room perfect! I can't wait to make some more, I have some fun ideas in store for these! I am again joining in on the fun I Made It! Blog Party. Please be sure to check out what fun projects the other ladies have to share!



Wanna see some of my other items be sure to check out my other blog at www.bloemandgrow.blogspot.com!

changes

Many changes are happening around the Bloemers house. To begin with we have officially SOLD our old house. Although this is a little sad, since it was our first home together, the house where we celebrated so many firsts, the house we brought our babies home to, and the place of so many great memories happened; it is good thing. It will be nice not to pay on a house we don't live in, and will close a chapter in our lives as we have already begun the new chapter.

My kids are growing....anyone know how to stop this?? Emmah will be 7 in a little over a month, and Jake, my baby, will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. I can't believe how time is flying by. It has been such a joy to watch them grow and change, but a part of me would really love them to stay little!

The weather is starting to be more spring-like which means that the soccer season is fastly approaching, both kids are playing this year, which could get interesting! Jake is also going to be taking ice-skating lessons, and we are looking to get Emmah some piano lessons too.

So many changes, and so many great things.