Book Character Parade

Today was a dress up day at Addison's school and they got to dress like their favorite book character.  Addy was Pinkalicious - how perfect is that?  They had a parade around the school and Ella and I got to go watch.  Lots of good costumes.  The rule was that you couldn't just wear your Halloween costume, it had to be a book character.  Fortunately for the kids though, there is a book about pretty much everything, so I'm sure there were a number of Halloween costumes that got worn an extra time. 

 Pinkalicious before school

Addison's class after the parade

Good Dog

Yep, Star is Ella's new favorite spot to sit and watch tv.  Fortunately, Star seems to care less.  She was just chewing on her bone here in this pic, and Star will stand up and knock Ella off when she is tired of being a chair. 

A&M vs. LSU Weekend

Fun weekend in College Station at the game this weekend.  The Aggies didn't quite pull off a win, but still a great game and fun hanging out with old friends.

 We were going to go up to College Station to just hang out, with no tickets to the game, but landed on some tickets after all.  Great seats, we'd never been that close at an Aggie game before.  We are typically on the 3rd deck and it is quite a different game when you are so close.  

One of the main reasons for the trip, other than the game, was Michael's fraternity's alumni weekend.  They had an impressively big tailgate - the new Pikes are much more organized and motivated than the Pikes we knew in college.   

Costume Carnival

The birthday celebration was topped off with a super fun party on Saturday. Lots of kids, lots of fun and lots of silliness.

The theme was "costume carnival" and I just kind of made that name up, but the kids were encouraged to dress up.  Figured all the kids liked to dress up and it is a good excuse to reuse last years costume or break out the new one from this year.  We used this years costumes and Addy was Cherry Jam, a character from the Strawberry Shortcake story, and Ella was a bumble bee fairy.  

One of the activities was Just Dance Kids - here is Addy showing off her moves.  

Addy's costume came with a wig that was clearly quite different from her normal hair.  She didn't wear it too much b/c it got hot.

Ella with Granddad and Meme in the photo booth.

Addy and her friends hamming it up for the camera.

Our little bumble bee fairy/doctor (Addy has named her Doc McBumbleBee) really enjoyed getting her face and arms painted

Honey Dew the clown was a the party doing face painting and a fabulous magic show that all the kids LOVED. 

Here is Addy's cake.  Designed by Addy, made by Mommy.  Don't look too close, I have yet to perfect the art of applying buttercream icing, but this is way better than past attempts.   Turns out You Tube is a great source for videos on cake icing techniques!

Addy enjoying her cake and a great shot of her arm decor and crown from Honey Dew.

 

Family pic.  Somehow we always think about it at the end of the event and there were 2 tired kiddos (and parents!) but an entertaining pic nonetheless.

Birthday Lunch at School

Addy's birthday celebration continued on Friday with a visit at lunch from me and Ella. 

Chick-fil-A lunch makes for 2 happy kids.

Addy Turns 6!!!

She turns 6 and she wears jeans - big day!

 Birthday cake #1

Lip gloss!

Sweet & Sassy

Addy went to her first dress-up, make-up birthday party.  The place was called Sweet & Sassy and I think that the pics tell the story themselves. 

 At the make-up station

 Fashion model smile!

A party isn't a party unless it ends with a pink limo ride!