Birthdays!

The month of January is filled with family birthdays- Aunt Jenn, Mimi, Aunt Natalie and Uncle Steve. Then comes a week long baking fest for Ethan, Kaitkyn & Kylie's birthday. This year the 14th fell on a Wednesday so we sent the kids to school with 5dozen chocolate chip cookies to enjoy with their teachers and friends at snack time. WE then picked them up a bit early and headed to McDonalds to play on the big slide that the kids have been begging to play on for years- I don't know how we've managed to hold them off this long. Kaitlyn knew ahead of time that she wouldn't go on the slide but rather just look at it because it was too big and scary for her ;)
Kylie and Ethan on the other hand couldn't get up to the top fast enough and then we couldn't get them to slow down long enough to eat :)





Then we headed home to open gifts and have cake.....









Then on Saturday we had a big family party which as always was lots of fun. The kids' love getting together with their cousins Ashlyn & Lily and seeing all their aunts, uncles and grandparents.







Of course, Ethan's favorite part of the party was playing Mario Kart:



Emma even got into the act: