John is 8

It was a school day and he woke up extra early so he could open some presents and have a cupcake for breakfast. I also made pancakes, but the cupcakes were a bigger hit. I made them for his class, and somehow his class has been reduced to 16 students, so we had plenty of leftover cupcakes. 

#8 pancake (sorry Julia, I know I am a total copycat)

John wanted an ice cream cake, so we took him to Dairy Queen. He and his sisters played for a while, and after discovering they did not have a nut-free cake in a flavor he liked, we went back to town to hunt down a cake.

Bowling

Eliana wanted to go bowling on her special day, but the bowling alley had some sort of tournament going on and the public lanes were full, so we waited until today.

Daddy & Isabela

Eliana and her Tio

John II

Eliana & Isabela dancing

Happy Birthday Eliana

Her day began with pancakes and tons of girly stuff to make her smile.

She hugged each present she opened

Dancing during dinner at El Pollo Loco

Time for cake

And her new scooter

Oh Eliana...

She just will not smile on cue for me.

 

"Her hair is jacked." ~Eliana

We moved

The kids are checking out the back yard.

 

 

 

Free Slurpee Day at 7-11

A Perfect Game

Father's Day

We spent Father's Day relaxing at home. Eliana and her friend had fun pouring water all over John.

The kids....again

They did a little better individually. :)

 

 

 

The Kids

We tried to get the kids to pose for a picture together. They weren't feeling it.

 

 

 

 

Watching daddy mow the lawn

And another one bites the dust

John lost another tooth. That is three in less than one week. Crazy!

Well....

During John's baseball game this evening, his coach noticed he was throwing the ball with two fingers, so he asked what was wrong. John opened his hand and revealed a tooth he had pulled out. The coach took it from him and brought it to us. :)

John

Loose tooth.

 

Hanging on by a thread.

 

And finally gone.

 

Eliana

Eliana was a little jealous of John today because I was taking pictures of the various stages of him losing a tooth.

 

She wanted me to take a picture of her teeth.

 

 

Isabela Grace