RACE ON OVER-SpRiNg BrEAk part 1

Ryland's (and now Rhett's) Birthdays will always land during spring break.

That can be a virtue and a vice

CUZ' this year was Ryland's "even" year, and time for his friend party

MOST FRIENDS make travel plans over spring break....

so we decided to KICK OFF spring break and hold his birthdayparty the last day of school, in the evening
with a pizza party to boot!

He wanted a race car theme...so we RAN with it

(invites above, cake below)

The Decor!!!

(we heart our new dollar tree store in town!)

AND oriental magazine

(GoodyBags- Below-full of balloon racers, tattoos, race car suckers...)

THE GAMES

included a race car rally, with box cars Ry and I decorated

and the team added the embellished details

Ry's cute friend Braden

Can you see the tattoos and face paints on them that we did when they first arrived?

AND what a relay race it was!!!

Little Dacie even got in on it!

NEXT

was a switch of teams and another tire relay race

The brothers got in on the fun this time!

Isaac and Makena (above)

Sweet little Martin (marteen) above

and Ashton below

LAST but not least,

was a rowdy game of race, race, win (duck duck goose)

THEN it was time for presents, cake and ice cream AFTER each winning a medal

THE PARTY was NOT OVER for the grown ups...we played a mad game of settlers which the newbie won!

AFTER ALL it was the first day of spring break!

HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY,

&

HAPPY SPRING BREAK

RY!

RHETT's ROUND!!!!

Babies change SOOO fast!!! SO I thought I would document a few of the things Rhett has been doing as of late
I WISH he was sleeping more.
Night-times have gotten pretty near perfect, BUT day-times have worsened.
HOWEVER on this glorious day he "crashed" in his jumper with out so much as a peep. We walked in and turned around and there he was.
This pretty much NEVER happens (not in the car, not in a stroller--he is another Sorensen "box fan" I want my crib baby)
it may be my doing, BUT who cares if it got me sleep!?

Colton has been entrusted more with his care, thus the reason for the backwards diaper change!! AND it was even a poop (good older brothers)
Dacie has taken to him being her doll!

Rhett seemed to grow 8 teeth overnight

for awhile there

he was sporting the TEAM RHETT vampire look

He IS crawling FINALLY at 11 months

SO now he is obsessed with opening and closing cupboards, doors

AND cleaning out everything he can get his hands on-I can pretty much tell you his track:

First is the videos and cd's, off to the LR trash, then into the kitchen under the microwave, and closing with the shoe baskets in the cubbies

Laundry Baskets have become his thing. Whether it is being pulled like a train in one OR we set him outside in one for quite awhile filled with toys (home-made play pen)

You can always flip one over and keep him entertained for quite awhile!

We have done about 2 really bad 'bouts of a cold this winter!

WE {HEART} RHETT!!!