The week of birthday celebrations!

I guess we don't take birthdays lightly.

Tuesday was Natalie's actual birthday so we started our day with her favorite- chocolate chip pancakes & bacon. Then later we hit McDonald's for lunch. For dinner we took her to Chuck E Cheese.

Natalie was so proud because she was finally able to do this bike thing herself!

Will went up in the tubes for the first time and loved it!

Thursday, just for fun, we went to Cantigny in Wheaton. It is beautiful. We took a picnic lunch. We'll have to do that again!

On Friday, the grandparents arrived. We had a birthday party Saturday morning for Natalie's friends. Our theme was Disney World. (She had originally asked for a princess party but since we're still inviting boys to our parties, I convinced her to go less gender-specific and include all of Disney World - which she loves!)

Below check out Daddy's contribution to the party decor-

Hot Potato but with Mickey:

Sugar Cube Castles:

Games:

Birthday Cake:

I "called Disney World" and invited Sleeping Beauty to our party. She read a story and sang a song with the kids. You should have seen all of their little faces! You would have thought it was Jesus walking into the room!

Aunt Alicia & Mr. Tracey got Natalie her first pet- a goldfish she named Johnny.

Grandpa's present was a princess fishing pole- that afternoon her took her fishing for the first time.

Oma's gift was tickets to see Backyardigans Live! We'll upload pics after the show in August.

Then Sunday, we did lunch with Grammy, Oma & Aunt Alicia at American Girl Place downtown. (That was Grammy's gift for Nat and she got to pick out an outfit for Olivia-the doll.)

We all crashed hard on Sunday night!