Ella’s 7th birthday

I am so behind on here but I don’t want it all to get away from me because I cherish the documentation of these memories more than many things I’ve done.

A couple of weeks ago Ella somehow turned 7! Her party was the weekend prior to her birthday at Flipside Ninja. This is where Reese had her party also and we loved it so much we booked another. It was again a great time.

Pop, Gigi and Will came in to help celebrate. Her party was in a Sunday afternoon and the excitement was high waiting for the 3 pm party time. I think every little girl that was invited came to her party and everyone seemed to have a really fun time. They do a timed obstacle course near the end of the party. They didn’t count the times of the few kids there that were significantly older than Ella and her friends and with their times not counted Ella won the competition. She had a blast and felt the love of all of her friends.

On Ella’s actual birthday we surprised her with donuts that spelled her name. We also let her open her gifts and revealed he soccer goals set up in the backyard. She was thrilled! Neal, William and I ate with her at school and we went to Shoguns for dinner. It was a fun day celebrating one of our greatest blessings. I’m so glad she joined our family 7 years ago!!

Ella’s 7 year old questionnaire

1. What is your favorite color?  Yellow

2. Who is your favorite friend? Caroline, Emmy & Katie

3. What is your favorite snack? Goldfish

4. What is your favorite thing to do with Reese?  Play baby

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Turkey roll up

6. What is your favorite drink? Water

7. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play with friends

8. What is your favorite sport? Soccer

9. What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor

10. What is your favorite animal?  Giraffe

11. What is your favorite book? Stella & the night sprites

12. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? When he tickles me 

13. What is your favorite thing to do with mommy? Alone dates

14. What is your favorite song? Can’t stop the feeling

15. What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner? Pizza

16. What do you take with you to bed? Reese 😍

17. What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas 

18. What makes you happy? When Reese is nice to me

19. What makes you sad? When Reese is not nice to me 

20. What do you think about before you go to sleep? The next day

21. What do you like to do as a family? Family days

Random updates on a Monday

1. Ellie Loo lost her 1st tooth on 2/20/18!! She has been working on this tooth for months. Her teacher texted me the below photo and said that she’s gotten a starburst for getting a perfect score on her spelling checkup. While chewing her starburst she felt something hard and realized she was chewing on her tooth. She was so excited!!

We got the 1st smiles about a week and a half ago. He is so precious!


William does not appreciate it if you put him down to nap. He wakes up fussing within 5 minutes. My mom recently suggested I get one of the things that allows me to wear him so I can still get some things done. It’s been a game changer. We both love it!

This ball has been with us through all 3 infant stages. It soothes McAllister babies well. 

Look at the size of the booger I fished out of his nose. He seems concerned.

 

Valentine’s Day has come and gone. Neal spoiled as as usual with Valanica. Ella’s class made their boxesbin class but look at how cute this sheep loving girls box is! She did most of it by herself with a little help from me. We love it! 💜

Ella just finished her 1st season of basketball. She loved it and had some fun friends she played with. She’s on to soccer now and, while soccer isn’t always my favorite, I’m having so much fun watching her and she’s pretty amazing at it. 💛

(Backup) Family camp and baptisms 2018

8 year and 4 month stats

These 2 are tracking the exact same way! They are both perfectly made, tall and solid kiddos.

A photo session she took of them herself 🤣:

Reese’s 8 year old questionnaire

1. What is your favorite color? Purple and teal

2. Who is your favorite friend? Avery and Reagan

3. What is your favorite snack? Nachos

4. What is your favorite thing to do with Ella? Playing basketball and gymnastics 

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Chicken noodle soup 

6. What is your favorite drink? Lemon lime lenonade that I get from daddy’s office

7. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Gymnastics with Cambry

8. What is your favorite sport? Basketball, gymnastics and softball 

9. What do you want to be when you grow up? A competitive softball player

10. What is your favorite animal? Sheep and giraffes 

11. What is your favorite book? Who was

12. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? Play golf 

13. What is your favorite thing to do with mommy? Shopping 👏🏼

14. What is your favorite song? A million dreams

15. What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner? Pasta and shrimp 

16. What do you take with you to bed? Lyla

17. What is your favorite holiday? St. Patrick day and Easter 

18. What makes you happy? When Ella is nice to me

19. What makes you sad? When Ella is not nice to me

20. What do you think about before you go to sleep? Ants in my bed (she recently put a bunch of candy trash behind her bedside table and has ants in her room as a result)

21. What do you like to do as a family? Go bowling

Reese’s 8th birthday

This year we had Reese’s 8th birthday party a few days before her actual birthday at flip side ninja park. This may have been our favorite party to date! This place was so much fun & Reese had an absolute blast with her friends.

After the party her friend Madeline came over to play for a little while. We set them up in the garage, with our rug that we are in the process of bringing to Goodwill, to make slime. These girls had a ball and it may have been Reese’s favorite part of the day since I seldom let her make slime.

This is the 1st year that we failed to get the family pic in front of the bedroom window in the back yard 😢...but we have an infant and trying to make it all happen was just too much. 

On Reese’s actual birthday Ella had a soccer game. So we had an early dinner and brought cupcakes for everyone to the game. Of course Reese wanted to eat birthday dinner at Golden Corral 🤢..but I will say the embarrassing birthday singing there will be one we always remember. They did a great job and I’m so glad I got it on video.

It took us a couple of weeks to make it out to Dilly Dally’s, but we made it & Reese got a cute dog and dog house set.



I’ve gathered her answers for the 8 year old questionnaire and I will get them up on this blog, one of these days.