After a three month hiatus from blogging, we're back! We have tons of pictures to share since our last post back in January, and we're happy to report the weather has warmed up considerably since then!
So, to catch you up on the happenings in the Grilz household, here we go! Ethan turned five on 1/30 and we hosted a birthday party at our house on 1/31. At preschool, the kids get to create a poster all about themselves around the time of their birthday and bring it to school. Here's E with his poster. He had so much fun choosing the pictures for his poster. It was a challenge to fit them all on!
His birthday was on a Friday, so we started off the day at our favorite bakery for donuts with Dad, then dropped him off at preschool.
After preschool, we headed out to the Mall of America where the kids built bears (or kitties, in Mary Kate's case). This is the special activity that Ethan chose for his birthday, and I have to say, it was a lot of fun for the kids and grown ups. The Build-A-Bear store wasn't very busy, so the kids got lots of attention from the staff. Ethan got a superhero mask and cape and Mary Kate and Laura got tiaras and wands.
Here are the kids giving their bears a bath before putting their bear outfits on. Ethan named his bear "Doctor Bear" and put a surgical scrubs outfit on him. Laura named her bear Honey and dressed her in a ballerina outfit. MK named her kitty Miss Kitty and also chose a ballerina outfit.
On Saturday, we celebrated with a horse/cowboy themed party at home. Ethan loved putting together this horse puzzle.
Whacking the cowboy boot pinata...
Blowing out the candles on the horse mountain cupcake cake...
A group shot of Ethan's friends who helped him celebrate. What a great party!
