HAPPY 4TH!

happy 4th! hope you had a wonderful holiday! we had a blast! monday morning, our ward had a breakfast with water games, and luc was the first one to get soaked, though he was quickly joined by papa and the rest of the kids. he didn't even eat breakfast haha, he was having too much fun! lia was very apprehensive, and stayed dry with mama the entire time. 

   later, we swam and bbq'd with our friends, and it was so fun to get all the kids together and play! the food was delicious and the kids LOVED the fireworks, even lia, which was a big surprise! she clapped the entire time and did not want help holding her sparkler haha :) we made such happy memories with our little family, and i loved the entire day. 

FOUR IS FUN

darling luc,

FOUR! i'm seriously in denial this year, i can't believe you're four! what a happy, fun, curious, energetic kid you are. you are always asking questions, talking nonstop, telling stories, and being silly to make us laugh. you are a jokester and you love being the center of attention. you climb, jump, and run constantly, you never take naps, and you usually fall asleep at night in under 4 minutes, you're worn out! you love to swim and play with your friends and you are a great big brother to lia, always giving her kisses and tickling her. you want to be big and strong and are fiercely independent. you love to sing primary songs and read stories and play games like hungry hippos and duck duck goose. you make us laugh all the time with the hilarious things you say, and you are very tenderhearted, always quick to tell us how much you love us, and to forgive us and others. you know all your letters and can write your name, and you ask constantly when preschool starts again- i love that you have a passion for learning! your favorite treats are cookies and popsicles, and you still love the color red, race cars, and transformers. we are LOVING watching you grow into the smart, fun little man you are! you are everything we ever dreamed of and more, bud, and we love you with all our hearts! 

xoxo

mama & papa

HOT WHEELS PARTY!!!!!!

a few months ago, when we started talking about luc's upcoming birthday, he declared his heart's wish was a HOT WHEELS PARTYYYYYY!!! he saw these balloons at party city way back then, and never forgot them, he talked about them all the time. so we got the balloons and a piñata and i put hot wheels cars on his cake, and he was in HEAVEN. he's pretty easy to please :) he told me his cake was 'super beautiful!' and that he LOVED his balloons 'sooo much!' haha what a fun day we had, celebrating our luc with friends- and nana and grandpa came too, which was AWESOME! 

we swam, ate pizza and cake, and then the dad's got to relive their childhoods and smash the piñata because it was way to strong for the little kids to break open. all of luc's friends took home a hot wheels car and a bag full of candy, and he got some super fun gifts. it was a huge success, and probably the easiest birthday party i've ever planned. 

happy 4th birthday lucalicious, we love you!!!

CELEBRATING LUC

to kick off luc's birthday weekend, we planned a surprise just for the three of us, to go see finding dory. luc was SUPER excited about his surprise, but as soon as the movie started, he had a meltdown {thanks to a lost and terrified baby dory} and we couldn't convince him to stay and see the movie. haha, so backup plan was taking him to target where he got to pick out some new hot wheels cars. he was thrilled, you'd never know our original plan crashed and burned ;) nonetheless, it was fun to spend some one on one time with our cute boy, he is so talkative and inquisitive and smart and we are always laughing at the things he says. we love this kid!

on his birthday, he woke up at 6am, so we opened presents before orlando left for work. he was ecstatic, and kept saying 'i love my presents guys! am i four now?! i'm not three anymore?! it's my birthday today!!!' then we had donuts for breakfast, and he blew out four candles in his chocolate bar while we sang happy birthday to him.

he has been excited to turn four for a long time, so it was a really happy day. :) we played with his new toys all morning, and then went to the church gym with some friends to ride his new bike. he is already super confident on it and he loves it. for lunch he requested 'chicken nuggets and french fries from the good place' {chick fil-a} and afterwards, we snuggled up to a few episodes of transformers {his current favorite show} while lia napped {he was so tired from waking up so early, but he's four now {i'm too big, mom!}, so all of my suggestions that he nap too went unheeded haha}. when papa got home from work, we went to dinner, and then out for ice cream at luc's favorite place. he was on cloud nine all day, gave us a million hugs, and said 'i love my birthday!' at least a dozen times. it was a pretty perfect day for our happy, wonderful boy!