Fashion Show

Yesterday Emmeline spend the day prepping for a stuffed animal fashion show. How she knows about fashion shows is beyond me, but she knew all the key points. She designed a stage, set up a runway, put chairs on both sides of the runway, and even prepped little cards for each of the outfits. It was pretty precious! Love that girl's imagination! 

Date Night with the DeTars

Tonight's date night consists of many belly laughs. We decided to go drive mini race cars. I learned I do not like using shared helmets. Besides the lice issue the fast that it was warm and sweaty when I put it on sent me into a minor panic attack. We also learned I am a very cautious driver and drive at a safe speed. My slow speed might have worked to our advantage and we trapped the DeTars behind us for a few laps. Chris collected the checkered flag. After the race we headed to our new favorite place and grabbed dessert and wine. It was a fun night! Next week we decided that it needs to be massages as we all are going to be sore and tired from our trip. I'm already looking forward to week 3! 

Lemonade Stand

This sweet girl has been itching to do her lemonade stand. And I dont think she could have picked any hotter of a day. It's peaked at 104. I felt every bit of it. She managed to keep her lemonade cool, her ice frozen, and her cookies from melting. I'm so proud of her and I can't wait to see the little free library she builds with her money. It's going to be such a fun addition to our street. 

Sweet Hailey is 1

We were so excited and a little tired after our long drive that we got to celebrate sweet Hailey's first birthday! She was so cute! The kids had a blast and everything was so cute. The kids loved the new ride that Hailey got. I think they are jealous of her pink mustang. Happy birthday sweet girl! 

Date nights

This week we celebrated our 11th anniversary and kicked off date night challenge.  We had a great time celebrating with two of our favorite couples. We discovered one of our new favorite restaurants and I found a new favorite wine. We learned we still have it and managed to close down the restaurant. 

After 11 years we were challenged to date your spouse. We thought to keep it fun and to keep us accountable we would include other couples. The DeTars were game for weekly date challenge and week one went to them. We went bowling and made it fun with a little wager. Since we have to pay for date night next week I think you can figure out how our game went. It was a blast and we can't wait for next week, 

He is off to great things

This kid is off to kindergarten! It's hard to believe that we are all done with preschool. This mama is sad and daddy is super excited for no more preschool payments. Jack has a magical year in preschool. There happened to be 3 other Jackson's in his class so he went by Jackson S or Jackson Rocco Santopadre. Apparently he didn't like Jackson S and made everyone call him by his full name. I would crack up at drop off and pick up listening to the kids call him and say his full name. The other parents even commented on how their kids would always refer to him by his full name. I kind of feel like we have a male diva with him. Jackson has blossomed this year with academics. He is a rhyming but and can read about 30 HFW. He is reading short pattern stories  and his favorite is math and adding. 

We are so excited to see where he ends up in life. 

Bubbles and Birthdays

This is what happens when you let Dad start the bath routine. The kids had s blast and it ended with also getting a shower to wash off all the bubbles! 

A very happy 1st birthday to our niece Hailey. It's hard to believe it's been a year! A year ago our summer was getting turned upside down. Jack was just getting home from Roseville, our Pop passed away, Hailey was born, and turn Caden went in for surgery. What a week that was last year! Our sweet Em still sleeps with her Great Pop blanket every night and has his picture by her bed. The boys are learning to play 21 from Chris. Pop would be proud. We may have some card sharks on the primary playground in no time. Looking forward to taking the kids to see Great Pop's name on the wall and celebrating Miss Hailey this weekend.