Someone is 5!

I was lucky enough to snap a few photos of her just after her birthday party!

Cole's 6th birthday party

Cole's 6th birthday was also at the Placer Nature Center. I can't say enough how wonderful this center is!  The kids have a blast every time they are there.  Both parties were geared towards the kids theme and were totally different from each other!

The ladies at the Nature Center made the BEST center pieces for the party!  How great are these dinosaurs?!?!

At the Nature Center they provide glass plates, glasses, and cloth napkins!  We are required to carry out all trash and they will keep food that can be composted.

Painting rocks

Going on the long nature hike in search of snake skins, bugs and of course staying out of the poison oak!

Checking out deer bones

The party crew!

Mike and  I of course went a little insane (as usual) with the cupcakes.  This is the 3rd year Cole has had a dinosaur themed birthday party to we needed to make something a little different.  I found these cupcakes on Pinterest (of course) and ordered fondant.  I made the cupcakes and frosted them Friday morning and then Friday night Mike and I made these guys.  We started out with T'Rex's but those were a bit of a problem so we went with 30 stegosaurus's and 5 T'Rex's.  The kids went crazy when they saw the cupcakes!  (4th birthday T-Rex cake) (3rd birthday Legoman cake)

Cole opening his gifts.  I love how the kids crowed around to check it all out!!

Sweet Alice.

We've made some awesome friends this year!  Cameron and Cole are best buddies at school!

Siena is 4!

Little Miss is 4 years old!!  She is equally sassy as she is sweet.  She has been able to write and spell her name for a few months now.  Siena love pre school and goes 3 days a week.  She keeps up with Cole and goes where ever he takes her.  She LOVES horses.  Grandpa Dale taught her how to eyeball people last summer and she consistently still does!  She love to eat bacon, shredded cheese, bread and butter, fruit, gorgonzola gnocchi, messy tacos, and quesadillas.  

Siena loves all animals, insects, reptiles, etc.....  It doesn't matter what it is, she wants to be there looking and holding it.  Even if it is dead.  I'm serious.

She still isn't the best night time sleeper but we are getting more consistent "sleep through the night" nights which is wonderful for mom.  She loves to watch Horseland on Netflix and asks for it all the time.  She makes up stories and sings songs to us.  

Siena's 4th birthday party

This year we have decided to do both kids parties away from our home since they are now at the age where they have friends to invite and the house is too dang small.  We had the party at the Placer Nature Center.  The ladies there set up a great party for us and all we had to do was show with with food!

We decided on a butterfly & bumblebee theme for Siena.  I loved the country table cloths, mismatched napkins and flowers.

They looked at a working beehive.

Looked for bugs

Had worm races

Played in the Maidu Indian replica village

She loved her table set up

The girls made butterfly masks and the boys made owls

Cupcake time!  I had these made by a bakery.  I bought the sugar bees on line at Amazon.

For the price I paid, I wont be doing that again.  I could have made better ones.

Auntie Alix

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