Benson's 4th Birthday

Happy birthday to our favorite little stinker. I can't believe this boy is 4 years old. He has grown up so much over the last year and is really so fun. Benson and I had alot of fun picking out food and decorations for this birthday party. He is his Mother's son in the fact that he definite opinions and wants to be heard. That being said, we were able to agree on most things and I love how this party turned out and even more important- Benson LOVED it. 

We served stoplight brownies, and spare tire donuts. 

We also had cute little cupcakes and some red punch. 

 

I really loved how the race car backdrop turned out. Benson told everyone the balloons were the cars' smoke. Exhaust, smoke- same thing to a four year old. 

His cake was another fun challenge for me. You would be surprised how hard it is to get fondant cut into perfect stripes. 

 

Benson really loved his party and he loved his "pit pass" lanyard and his race car flags. 

He's definitely reached the age where he loves to open presents. It's pretty cute to watch too!

I sure love this cutie boy of mine. It's still weird that my baby is four but he's so fun that I don't mind him growing up too much. 

We were so grateful his cousins could all be together for his birthday. We had a great time celebrating him and hanging out together!

Happiest of birthdays Benson-boy!

 

Last Day of Homeschooling!

Today we celebrated our last day of school. We actually finished a couple weeks ago but we've been doing a little bit here and there to keep our skills sharp.

But today we officially celebrated the start of summer. 
We had a snow cone themed party and celebrated "SNOW MORE SCHOOL"

These kids all worked hard this year. Homeschooling was no picnic but they worked hard each day and we complete our entire curriculum. We really did enjoy a lot of things about homeschooling. We loved the freedom to go at our own pace. We loved the freedom to learn what we wanted for science and history. We loved our curriculum and we loved getting to do "field trips" together. The hardest part was the always being at home together part. There was a lot of together time and that was both awesome and hard. 
But I really am proud of how hard these kids worked. We did it! We finished a whole year of homeschooling!! I'm actually proud of all of us!

 

 

We had a few friends over to celebrate with us. We haven't had friends over in over a year so this was a rare treat. 

The kids loved getting to play and hang out with other kids. Here's to summer, lower covid  cases and more fun!

Summer, we are ready for you!

 

Bailey's 4th Grade Graduation

Today we celebrate Bailey's 4th Grade graduation. I'm so proud of this girl. I'm sorry she didn't get to have her big graduation program like she would have had, pre-covid,

 but we tried to make her feel special. 
She was pretty thrilled with her celebration. 

 

This sweet girl rocked homeschooling and she learned so much. She is off to middle school next year and she can't wait. 

We had "diploma cookies", "graduation cap chocolates" and "celebration cupcakes". 
Bailey loved all the treats and felt very special. 

We sure love our Bailey girl. She's our favorite girl in the world. 
Happy 4th grade graduation sweet girl!