moments in motherhood

wait!!! i forgot anna's birthday party...2.16

the night of drew's birthday party, we went to anna's party! our exhausted and filthy kids came home from drew's party and DID NOT NAP!!! what?!? so, we drug them out of the house again to go play in the gym at the collierville ymca! they had a great time, but clearly were FALLING APART by the end of the party! we headed straight home and got into bed...still filthy :) they headed straight into the shower as soon as they woke up the next morning!!!

okay...now you're all caught up!!!

so i have posted a bunch of times in the past few days to get all caught up before we head out for disney...so scroll down to see all the pics!!! i have already been chastized for not having pics from drew's 2nd birthday party up the SECOND we got home from the party...so i don't want to get in trouble again when we get back from florida :)

sarah is SO EXCITED!!! her teacher said she was "keyed up" all day! she was NOT a good rester today for sure!

and drew's teachers said he cheered and jumped up and down when they talked about mickey and disneyworld--which they thought was hilarious since he is too young to really know what is going on!!!

we are ALL super excited to get down there and experience disney through the eyes of a child again! and we are really happy that uncle andy is meeting us at the airport in orlando from arizona for the trip!!!

drew's birthday party (too many pics...for my franklinton fam)...2.16

drew's 2nd birthday party was held at pump it up...an inflatable slide/bounce house place. we went ahead and had drew's party before disney so that i wasn't stressing over it while we were on vacation. plus, both of my kids' birthdays are close to the end of the month, and somehow, it just seems wierd to have a party the month after your birthday month, even if it is the next weekend after the birthday...follow all that?!?

sarah, anna, and kate watching the "instructional video" about safety

tim and the kids heading back to the fun!!!

sarah and her buddy griffin

anna leigh just decided to lie down and take it all in for a while...

dustin and ava the boxer

carter models the world's stinkiest boxing head gear!!!

tim and the kids sliding together!

singing "happy birthday"

blowing out the candles

mason and his cheesy grin

the kids had SO MUCH FUN!!! drew was fearless on the slides! this place was MADE for him! all of the kids amazed us with their courage! even the little bitties went down the slide! and drew went down the slide so many times that the last time he went up with me, he said, "mommy, i tired...carry me"! everyone was exhausted after the party...kids AND adults!!!

drew's birthday party eve...2.15

drew thought that he had hit the jackpot when tim blew up all the hopper balls for his party!!! (drew gave the hopper balls as party favors to his friends who came to his party!) drew and sarah played and played and played...til mean mommy made them go to bed so we could wake up bright and early for drew's party!!!