A Happy 5th

So the 18th flew by but we were able to celebrate for the entire week with Saturday being the grand finale!

Tuesday the 18th we celebrated with
mini burgers on the bbq

I was too busy prepping cake and
cupcakes for the weekend
so grocery store cake it was

The only person who seemed to mind was Kate!

Of course presents after dinner

Wednesday was 20 after school so we
all played outside after dinner

I think this was the first time without a
jacket this year, so exciting

Owen hanging out with one of his buds

Mom, it's Friday!

I made chocolate treats for the kids
loot bags

Leanne came over Friday a did up a surprise for Owen in the basement.
He had no idea

Thank goodness Oma came over for a few days, I couldn't have done
it without her

Kate loved having all the kids over and
got right into it whenever
it got really noisy

Pizza, pirates and moustaches

The boys devoured the gold and bone
cupcakes

In fact, we didn't even cut the cake. No
worries, we did some good damage to
it after dinner

Owen was having a great time

Highlight was definitely the balloon room
where they had to dig for buried treasure

They could have played there all day

Every once and a while we would loose a body

One final treasure hunt

The guys had to find their treasure chest
loot bags

It was so sweet watching them all work
together to find them all

Time to crack them open and play

After everyone left, Owen went downstairs
and just played

I'm not kidding, rolling and jumping in the
balloons for ever

Sunday, so happy

Owen helped me in the garden for an hour
while Kate napped, I might have
worked him a bit hard

He was practically asleep during dinner...
at 4:30!!