Birthdays, Basketball and Boxes

Monday, November 16, 2009

Karmen's 10th birthday was this past week. We celebrated by having a girl's night out at Olive Garden and a hair cut. (thanks to my awesome neighbor!) We then came home and had cake and ice cream and opened presents.

The Cake!

We ate way too much!!!

Gage pretty much thought it was his birthday, Karmen was nice enough to let him help blow out the candles and try on her new clothes.

We started our basketball season last week. I had the kids be on the same team to make my life a little easier. They tied their first game and won the second game by a point. I'll take some video next time.

Gage and Boyce did a good job of watching from the bleachers. Two and a half hours is a long time to be at basketball!

Manuel had a pretty even match up when it came to guarding!

Sitting with the team. He liked to walk behind them and tell them what number was on the back of their shirts.

We love boxes here at our house. They are the best toys ever. Here we are making a train. We put all of Gage's "friends" in the middle box.

Karmen's new room

I know you have no idea what it started out as, but lets just say she has had the same decor since she was six. I had wanted to redo her room since we moved in but hadn't had the chance and thought it would be a perfect birthday present. So, I pulled out the sewing machine and got to work. I made her curtains, pillow, and framed art out of a tablecloth I had gotten at Target a long time ago. I have a few more pillows to make and need something else to put on her wall by the lamp but then it is set. We also gave her a reading nook so she could have a place to read. Her lamp came from Aunt Annelorre and went perfect in her new place.

Gymnastics for Gage

We have a found a place where Gage can be Gage! He runs around crazy for the entire thirty minutes and then somewhat participates in the parachute at the end!