Happy Birthday Parker!

We spent ALL last week celebrating Parker's 6th birthday!  On Sunday we had a family party with the Combe side.  We had a Honey Baked Ham(Parker's favorite) dinner and then opened presents and had cupcakes and ice cream!  I seriously can't believe that he is six already, how time flies!

Parker insisted on Transformers, unfortunately there isn't much I could find that I liked .... so we made the cupcakes.  Thank goodness for my loving husband who offered to help, they were a pain, but turned out pretty good I think!



Happy 6th Birthday Parker. . . .



On Wednesday was playgroup, so we had to celebrate his birthday by having a Transformers party where we played balloon blast, hunt for the All spark, and pin the autobot on Bumblebee.  We finished with lunch and more cupcakes & ice cream!

 On Thursday we had a fun filled "REAL" birthday!  Parker chose blueberry pancakes for breakfast.  Then we surprised him by taking the boys to Chucke Cheese.  It was perfect, we went at 10 o'clock when we were the only ones there.  Parker & Connor loved the games!  Parker likes to race daddy on the cars & Connor loved to play "hoop!"

We wanted a pic of Parker and Chucke so we had them sit on the stage with the animated one, Connor was loving it, Until . . . .



They saw Chucke Cheese himself!  I think Parker was excited to see him, but it was Connor who was Awh struck.  He couldn't get enough of him, followed him around with a huge smile on his face.  No more worrying about how he will do with the Disney characters when we go to Disneyland this summer! 

 After a quick Taco Time lunch and school(where he got to present his poster of his family & favorite things, hand out treats and be the king for the day,) It was present time.  Parker got some summer clothes, new swimsuits, a DS game, a Transformer and . . . .

A new bike!  He really needed a new one, he could barely fit on the old one.  He was a little sad that he no longer has the same one as his best friend across the street, but loves his new big boy bike!

We ended the night with Dinner at Olive Garden(his choice) and a surprise viewing of Tangled at Kaysville Theatre.  It was a fun day getting to spend all our time and attention on our sweet Parker who is getting too big, too fast!  We love you Park!


And we ended the week with a party in Pocatello with my side of the family.  Parker loved his many presents which included a new helmet for his new bike, thank you everyone! 



And another cake, only this time, I let Smith's do the baking!  For some reason, I guess I don't know how to clean his face.  In each of the pictures that I have for EVERY party we had, he has something orange all over him, messy kid!

Double Dribble!

Okay, so I am a little obsessed with putting videos on the blog now that I know how to do it!  Cody was in L.A. on a business trip this week and while he was gone, Connor learned how to "dribble" the ball from his big brother!  I thought it was adorable, and that he did a pretty good job!  I wanted to capture it for Cody while he was away and so of course I needed to post it for everyone else to see! 

Parker's Lucky day!

His grand prize was a Movie night package that included a 2 liter bottle of Root Beer, a package of Twizlers, 2 microwave popcorn and $1 for a Redbox rental! 

Parker's school had a family week and they sent home a list of various things to do to encourage spending time as a family.  If the kids completed five things on the list then they got to return the form to school and be entered in a drawing for a prize.  It was a fun week of spending time together!  We completed the following:

1. Eat dinner together at the table without a TV on ~ Parker chose Olive Garden
2. Watch a movie as a family ~ We had a picnic in our room and watched Despicable Me
3. Go on a walk as a family ~ We went for a short jont around the neighborhood
4. Say 10 things that you love about them to a family member ~ Parker chose Mommy!
5. Read a story as a family ~ We read Parker's library book, The Magic School Bus 
6. Attend the Kaysville Elementary Art fair as a family ~ Cody took the boys while I was at Bunko 
7. Play a game with the whole family ~ We played Toy Story 3 Domino's

Parker returned his form and ended up winning the grand prize in his class.  He then won the Box Top prize for his class.  He was really excited to be the LUCKY winner for the day, and I told him it was because he wore his Green lucky 7 shirt that day!  Ever since that week, we have made a point to make Friday a Family Fun Night where we spend time together doing whatever Parker wants for the night.  He looks forward to it each week and it has been so much fun for our family!

My little Parrot!

I thought this was adorable and definitely worth sharing!  Connor Bonner at his best!  It is so much fun having a little talker around the house, we love every minute of it (except for when he repeats the not so nice stuff!)