Connor's 7th Birthday Party!

Weekdays:

• Monday - I had an early morning calibration for end of year performance reviews.  Our team decided to head to an early happy hour to celebrate the end of this busy timeframe!
• Tuesday - Another day of work and what not with some snow.  A quiet night at home.
• Wednesday - I had a work holiday happy hour to end the day.  Clint ran Maci to soccer and Connor to religion.  I left in time to pick up Maci from Soccer and Clint grabbed Connor from religion.  He was super sad b/c he was 1 sticker shy of being able to purchase a yo yo at the sticker store.  He is now asking Santa for a yo yo via our elf :)
• Thursday - We had a calibration on our own people team ratings.  In the evening Maci had soccer practice which Clint kindly ran her to and from.

It's like she has boots on HAHA

Friday :

• The kids were off to school on the bus and Clint and I started our day with bagels and coffee.
• I got a lot of work done before heading to Juut for my hair coloring and cut at 2p
• I cleaned email and took a few phone calls while enjoying my "me time"
• The kids came home on the bus and Maci was excited to show Clint her secret Santa exchange with her pals on the bus.
• I got home around dinner time to eat some pizza.
• We told the kids Maci was in charge and by 7p we were off to our neighbors holiday party at the Jonas home.
• We had a lot of laughs and catch ups before finally calling it at midnight!

Boomer was able to get up on the couch & 

Rosie had to ensure she was closest to Clint

Saturday :

• Clint and Connor had basketball practice at 940a
• While they were gone, Maci and I picked up Connor's cupcakes for his party 
• Connor got home from basketball all upset - turns out he got slammed in the mouth and now had a wiggly bloody tooth.  However, it wasn't wiggly enough for Clint to pull but wiggly enough that Connor didnt want to eat and was in a bad mood
• I got him to take a quick nap with me on the couch and then we were off.
• We dropped Maci at the Bryant's b/c they were kindly taking her to and from soccer practice while we had the party
• Connor was in good spirits at first but about 1/2 way through the party his mouth was really bugging him, I think he was hungry and moody and tired.  So he started pouting which was not super fun!
• He did ok through cupcakes and singing and finally popped up a bit during the gifts.  No fun feeling like pooh at your own birthday!
• We came home and he played with some toys while I got him to eat some liquids - the dentist on call wanted us to just Tylenol and try to leave it alone
• Connor and I ended up falling asleep together on the couch watching football which was so sweet!
• At 5p, Maci's pal Penny came over for a slumber party - thankfully they are great kids and quiet together b/c we were all exhausted from the day and emotions!
• Clint and I called it at 11p and the girls finally crashed at 1230a!!

Smiling through the pain pre-party

Maci having Pizza with her pal Mikah

Mouth is starting to be a little sore waiting on buddies to arrive

Presents with Pals

Anders (neighborhood, basketball & school pal)

The infamous Anna - his best pal since pre-K

Grady - A preK pal that plays all sorts of sports with C man

Elliott - Same kind of pal like Grady

Chuck - They first met at daycare and then were Pre-K Pals

Hendrix - He lives behind us and was also a Pre-K pal!

Fletcher, AKA the smiliest kid around!!!  Also a pre-K buddy

Vinny - 1st Grade & Basketball Buddy

Bikram - Sweet friend in his 1st grade class

Oliver - Neighborhood, Bus & Class Pal

Colton - Neighborhood, Bus & Class Pal

Louie - Neighborhood, Bus and Pal since Pre-K

Anders - Buddy since Pre-K

Sunday :

• Slow morning for us!
• Penny got picked up at 10a after we ate some donuts.
• We all enjoyed the crazy ending to the World Cup - most of us were cheering for France so boo but a fun game for sure!!
• We got some stuff done around the house and before we knew it, it was time for the Bengals game.
• Holy ugly 1st half but then in the 2nd half we KILLED Tom Brady and the Bucs - love them Bengals!
• We got the rest of our prep for the week complete and now are getting ready to end the night with the hot tub and some wine!

We hope you are enjoying these final days before the holidays!  The kids are so pumped they only have 2 days until break starts and Connor is excited for his actual 7th birthday on Wednesday, first day of break!!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C