rounding out june.

I have a few things I want to play catch up on. One of them is my birthday.

The girls were so excited for my birthday - they adore birthdays. They woke me up with cards and had told me, the night before, that they had a surprise make up and pedicure party planned! At first I thought "That's going to be such a mess." BUT then I realized how awesome my children are and how fun it would be and I wanted to document my own birthday part of the way that I do theirs! A friend had sent us funfetti cupcake mix and all the fixins to have a party, so I decided that my surprise to them would be cooking cupcakes as well.
 

First we made cupcakes.
 

While we waited for the cupcakes to bake, it was makeup time!!! I braced myself for a scary clown face, but she did awesome - even my mascara!
 

Sawyer brought out the dance-red lipstick while Aidan gave me nice purple toenails.
 

We went to check on the cupcakes - Reese came in to make sure she didn't miss a minute of cake time.

We also got A and S bikes :D :D :D


and lastly, for this post... my oldest baby is growing up so fast. this year has proven that days fly by without even knowing it.

when i look at these pics from her graduation and the last day of school - i cannot believe how much she's grown up. how is it possible that i'll have TWO KIDS in elementary school!?

reese came with me on aidan's last day. swoon. the kids in aidan's class know all about her and just... sigh. love her.



look how happy she is!!!



oh mrs. G. i cant express my gratitude that God gave us such an amazing teacher for my sensitive little sweetheart during such a rough year. you know how to make aidan smile. you know when she's a little sad... you are THE best tooth puller (aidan's first AND second!!) and i hope we are blessed with you as sawyer's teacher next year.


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