Kennedy Family: Mickey Mania

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Mickey Mania

Tucker absolutely loves Mickey. His favorite show to watch is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the Disney channel and he gets excited anytime he sees a Mickey head anywhere. So it was a pretty easy decision what kind of birthday party to do for him. First we had everyone over for a joint Father's Day/birthday barbecue. Delicious! Then it was time to get down to business.

He was so funny when I sat him down by his presents. I wanted to get a good picture of him before he tore into them so I was hurrying b/c I didn't think he would last long. But he didn't seem to have any idea that there was anything good inside all the bags. He just sat there and got up a few times to come over to me, but he was perfectly happy to sit back down right in his spot. His cousin had to finally help open the first bag so he could see that there was good stuff in there!

He was pretty happy with his giant Mickey. Garage sale - 50 cents! Can't beat that. We gave him a good washing first of course. He also got a super fun wiggly giggly crazy ball from my brother. I had to ban Duncan and Dayton from using it though...too much of a good thing.

But hands down his favorite present was the stroller and baby from my mom. Apparently since we are having a girl it is ok for him to practice with a girl baby. I still think I will go get some old boy stuff out of the basement though.

Jeff got him to take a huge bite out of the cake after we sang to him. Of course Dayton helped blow out the candles. What else are big brothers for?

He was one happy boy after he made a gigantic mess of the cake. Yum!

4 comments:

Amy said...: how fun!! you do such a great job with the theme birthday parties!! I love the baby doll idea, that will be so good for him. Great deal on the huge Mickey, garage sales are the best for that!!; June 24, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Cary & Katrina Sanders said...: So cute! I have always been a big Mickey fan!
You will LOVE having a girl after all those boys! I have loved dressing Lucy up and she has Cary wrapped around her little finger!; June 24, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Brother said...: Off topic for this particular post, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY DORK!!!; July 2, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Becca said...: Here is the link to the twirly skirts tutorial. http://houseonhillroad.typepad.com/photos/twirly_skirt/index.html

They are so easy. Now don't let them become too popular out there.:) Then my girls won't have "special" skirts:) Oh, I am 98% sure i AM GOING to the HS reunion.; July 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM

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Jeff: He has been in fairly good health lately! That's a big deal for him during this time of year. He is extremely thankful that the inversion has left though - he has been finding it rather difficult to breathe for about a month so some good air is very appreciated! He still really loves his job - one of the higher ups actually hinted that he might want Jeff to be a manger over a different department but Jeff likes what he's doing so much that he didn't want to move. And my personal favorite thing - he decided a few weeks ago that he was going to do the dishes from now on. This is huge news. I am loving it!

Jaimee: I always have a hard time coming up with something to say about me.... it's just same old, same old. Anything I do think of to say really belongs more under one of the kids. Ooh, I am trying to do more crafty things lately. I miss having projects to work on. One biggy is trying to make these really complicated blankets for all of the kids. I had intended them to be Christmas presents but then I realized that it will probably take me a year to make them all, so I'm shooting for next year. I'm not exactly great at sewing so I am crossing my fingers that they will turn out.

Duncan: I am trying to find a good soccer team for him to join for the spring season. His coach from fall quit halfway through and the dad who took over for him isn't really into it. He really has had the worst luck with teams. It has been so nice having a kid who is old enough to really help out with the youngest one. There are a lot of times where I put him in charge of Charlie while I get something done and he is awesome at it. He took the test to try and get into the ALL program at school next year so we are waiting to hear on that. I think he will enjoy it if he gets in - but if not no big deal.

Dayton: He was SO excited to get to go to Scouts finally. He has such a hard time waiting for things that Duncan gets to do first. He absolutely loves Scouts and was super excited to get his Bobcat badge last week. He also really likes the choir he started - he moved up from the youngest group to the middle group in Jan. and I was a little worried that he wouldn't like it as well since the younger group does a lot of playing in their class but he still loves going. He is doing really well in school, especially in math. My mom got him Skylanders for Christmas and it's his favorite present ever I think. He spends almost all day on Sat. over at her house playing it.

Tucker: Apparently being good at math runs in the family because Tucker's teacher told me at the last parents teacher conference that he is super smart with numbers and did the best of all the kids at the 'what do you know' meeting before school started. He of course absolutely loves kindergarten. He got sick a couple of times at the beginning of the month and he was so so sad to have to miss school. I think he's a little sleep deprived since he goes to bed at the same time as the other boys but when they all share a room it's a little hard to do otherwise. At least he doesn't have to get up early in the morning.

Ellie: She is loving dance school so much! They had a little in-class recital in Dec. and I just had to laugh watching her. She did what she was supposed to every so often but the rest of the time she just was in her own little world and did whatever. At one point she just laid down on the floor and pretended to sleep. I asked her teacher if she was like that in class and she said pretty much. At least she doesn't disturb the other girls though. Hopefully she will catch on soon that she should follow along the whole time. She is turning into a major daddy's girl. I used to sing her a song at bedtime every night but for the past month or so she asks for Jeff every night. And on the weekend she is thrilled that he gets to 'stay home with her' instead of going to work. I am trying not to get my feelings hurt.

Charlie: I cannot believe that my sweet little boy is almost one!! It kind of makes me sad. Since he is our last one all of the milestones he hits are bittersweet for me. But I try to not dwell on that and just be happy about him. He is so dang cute! His hair is getting so long in the front and is short in back, just like Ellie's was - sort of a reverse mullet. He crawls super fast all over the place now and stand up for small bits of time. I think he tried to take one tiny step the other day, but nothing approaching walking yet. We thought for the longest time that he refused to eat any kind of baby food, but apparently it was just me trying to feed him that he objected to. Now that Jeff does it he eats like a champ. We decided to finally get serious about teaching him to sleep at night but it isn't going that well. With him still sleeping in our room it's a little more difficult than normal. I am hoping that someday soon I won't fall asleep at 9:30 every night watching TV.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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