Isla Turns 7

And two days later, this little lady turned 7:

And she was super happy that I took this picture of her eating her birthday cupcakes at school.  Par for the course.  I'm already getting small glimpses of a 13 year old Isla and I'm scared.

I digress, Isla's birthday started off with a soccer game in which she scored a goal!:

We brought Isla's favorite, cinnamon rolls, for the team treat.  The team all sang "Happy Birthday" to her while she hid behind her cinnamon roll:

As Isla's birthday was on a Saturday this year we got to host both her and her brother's birthday on her special day. Luckily she was okay with that:

Birthday cakes for two:

Happy kids with their friends and cake:

Isla is the complete opposite of her brother so it took forever to get what she wanted for her birthday out of her.  My studious little girl wanted a desk (apple doesn't fall far from the tree):

Happy Birthday Isla Bean!

Drew Turns 5

My baby is 5.  That's just cray.  Speaking of crazy, the little dude was very excited for his birthday:

Each night about a week before his birthday we would put him to bed and then about 20 minutes later he would come upstairs and tell us what he wanted for his birthday, for about 5 minutes (the list was very long an detailed).  Needless to say we had no issue in figuring out what to get him for his birthday.

Since Drew's birthday fell on a Thursday this year we just had a nice quiet night at home with just our family.  Dinner was catered by Whole Foods, as was the birthday cake (two birthdays in one week takes it's toll on my cooking and baking quota):

Happy boy.  Then it was on to presents:

Super excited for his Paw Patroler.  You keep us on our toes and have us laughing everyday. Happy Birthday Drew Drew!

First Day of School - 2015

This girl was so ready to start her first day of first grade this year:

No hiding behind Mom and Dad in the school line, she was happy to see her friends and actually talked to people:

And the lucky girl got the teacher she wanted! Hope she enjoys being the only Skene in her school before her little brother joins her next year . . .