Bryce and Stacy came over for a sleepover since they are moving soon and these two were THRILLED! They were already here when Kinsey got home from Elena's birthday party so she went from one super fun thing to another:).
The boys literally ran right upstairs to the homeschool room where they stayed most of the time with a Science book and Bryce's microscope. They had roly poly's, crawfish, worms, and a ton of other living creatures that I made SURE got back in their 'cases':). But they seriously had a blast learning and observing together! Makes me so so sad that these 'perfect' friends are moving away:(.
The girls all hung out together coloring at first and making signs before going outside while I prepped their dinner.
Bryce and Braden went out to hunt for more creepy crawlers:).
Gracie and Emily Ruth experienced 'make your own pizza' for the first time that night! Their reaction cracked me up because I found out that the whole time they thought it meant that they would put their own pizza in the microwave:). Sweet Leslie does NOT cook or like to cook so thankfully she thought it was just as funny!
Each of the kids had different pizzas which turned out pretty neat. The options were pepperoni, two kinds of cheese, mushrooms, ham, pineapple, orange peppers, and bbq chicken (which we turned into a whole pizza).
The pizza, grapes, and cookies (that the three oldest made earlier in the day) were a hit!
After dinner and clean up the kiddos did karaoke, three kinds of stair races, simon says (with brian), pillow fights, and obstacle races (ex. run up and down the stairs 10 times and do 5 push ups, etc.) Then they were all tired out and ready for a movie.
We had a busy busy Saturday with cheerleading, two soccer practices, and braden's blue and gold ceremony for scouts but we still got to celebrate Brian for his birthday! There was lots of singing, presents, homemade cards, and his favorite Snicker Bar Cheesecake...oh, and even a Carolina game on tv. He got Carolina shirts from Nonny and Poppy, all three transformer movies and a new helicopter from me, and snicker bars and homemade gifts from the kiddos. We had fun celebrating him!! For breakfast he had his favorite...homemade waffles and a GALLON of orange juice all to himself:)! Braden also picked out a box of Frosted Flakes for him since it's his favorite cereal.
I had a BIG surprise for the kiddos when they came home from piano lessons Monday morning! Not only could they play in the 'snow' (using the word loosely since it melted a couple hours later) BUT they were also getting the day OFF school because we were watching the Morgan girls (who go to public school) and the Corbett's were coming later on for a sleepover. OH BOY were they excited!! Now they suddenly understood why we did some school on Saturday and Sunday. We never take President's Day, etc. off because it doesn't make sense to do so. I would MUCH rather end sooner than take MLK day, etc. off. Brian was home with us too and used the day to run errands, etc. Ephram was SUPER excited to have daddy home:)!
