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Cornbelly's

On Thursday, Xander's actual Birthday, we went to the Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point with Lana & her boys, Noah & Maddox, and Pat's cousin Ashley & her baby Brooklyn. It was alot of fun for the kids and Xander and Noah were running around together alot. I decided to take my double stroller (which was a dumb idea, since I haven't been using it lately) and it ended up being empty alot because Mara was running around too! I just hate pusing around an empty stroller. We stayed for about 3 hours and enjoyed every minute of it.(I even got sunburned!) The kids really liked the little Cow Train and the Mini Maze. There was a huge monster that you could walk through, Lana & Noah were brave enough to venture into it. It was so nice to get out and do something for a change. I am such a homebody and don't get out much, so Thanks Lana for inviting me. I took so many pictures that I decided to make a slideshow. (Sorry Pat, I know you don't like them) It just makes the post so much nicer.

Ok scratch that. No slideshow because when I post it, my sidebar goes to the bottom of my posts and I don't know why. So here are a bunch of pics!!

Xander's Birthday Party Day

This is how Xander's Birthday Week started! He came home from school with a balloon, birthday crown, M&M's, and an awesome Pokemon book!! Thanks again Miss Konni!! (She is a great teacher!)

We had Xander's birthday party a day early (on wednesday). Pat & I decided to give him some of his presents from us that morning.

Some new Pokemon cards!

A fun 'Where's Waldo' type Pokemon book!

And a Pokemon shirt for the winter!

For his party I made a few cakes to look like Pokeballs! Xander loved them! Xander had his first friend birthday party that afternoon.
We played Pokemon Bingo!

And made Pikachu ears!!

Blowing out the candle! Overall the party was a success!! I was so worried about it, but the kids had alot of fun. He had a Pokemon themed party but didn't get any Pokemon toys! (I thought that was funny!)

Later that night we had all our family over for cake & ice cream. Xan was excited that he got to blow out 2 candles that day! He got Pixos (the re-release of Aqua Dots, which he got last year) from Aunt Karri, along with a cool Star Wars Lego shirt! Some awesome Legos from Mana!

I love this picture! Xander and Grandma Joan (my grandma)

The next morning (his actual birthday) Pat & I gave him this Lego set. He's really into Legos and loves these Mars Mission sets because of the little diamonds. When he got it he had a big smile and hugged the box!

Thank you to everyone who made Xander's birthday special!

We appreciate your love and kindness!

Xander's Birthday Card from The Boise Tolmans

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Xander's New Pictures

We took Xander to Target last week to get his pictures done for his birthday and I got the email yesterday with the proofs! I just can't believe that he is almost 5.

What's for Dinner????

This is a common question in my house. I really hate, I mean HATE making dinner. I take that back, I HATE the decision making process in order to get ready for dinner, once the desicion is made I'm okay with making it. If it were up to me we would eat cereal all day long because it's easy. I have a few meals that I always make, and it's getting really old. Pat usually doesn't care what we eat and neither do the kids. But my mom has these expectations for dinner, like having veggies and stuff. I just don't feel it all the time. I just need some suggestions or something. If you have any yummy and easy recipes please send them my way!!
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Thanks!

I just want to say thanks for all your advice on the party. I did a seach and found A TON of stuff to do. I just hope there is good weather so we can play outside. I just finished the invitations today! They are way cute! I will post a picture soon.

Thanks again!!!

Calling All Poke-Moms

I need some help!! Xander's birthday is in 3 weeks and he wants to have a Pokemon party (of course) and I need some ideas for some easy games to play that could incorporate Pokemon. I am so non-imagnitive in that area. So if you have some fun ideas for some games or activities let me know! I am also hoping that the weather will be good for the party and that we can do some games outside, so think of some stuff to do inside and outside.

Thanks!!

An Overly Exciting Day

Today was a very exciting day for Xander. First, at school he had a field trip to Discovery Park in Pleasant Grove (which I helped out at). He loved being able to run around and play with friends for about 2 hours! Thanks again Karri for watching Mara for me, I really appreciate it! Then this afternoon Karri came back over to the house with her friend Billy. He brought Xander a little surprise, or should I say BIG surprise. Last week I had talked to Billy and told him that Xander is becoming a huge Pokemon fan. Billy had mentioned that he had a shoe box full of cards that he didn't want anymore, and that he would bring them over for Xander. Of course, I was thinking that there would be maybe 100 cards or so, just Billy's extras. But no. The box was FULL of cards!! They were Billy's entire collection of cards!! He has been collecting them for about 10 years and gave them all to Xander! It was so great to see Xander's face when he saw them. I was just laughing at him and didn't think to grab the camera until later. We spent a good hour, sorting all the cards and dividing up all the extras. Here is the extra's box, after organizing:

Another shot of the size of the piles:

Here is a side shot of the pile of cards that are all singles. A total of 360!! It's so awesome of Billy to give all of these to Xander.

THANK YOU BILLY!!!!!!!!!

Pat & I were going to get Xander a little Pokemon book that holds 4 cards to a page for his birthday (because he only had 26 cards), but it looks like we have to get him a big binder now!!!! I guess he's going to get his present early. And I almost bought the Pokemon book at ToysRUs yesterday, but they were all out. It's a good thing they were! LOL

Then my brother JD told me that for the release of the new Star Wars the Force Unleashed Video Game, they were going to have Star Wars people from the 501st Legion at FYE that you could get your picture with! So after dinner the kids and I went over and Pat was able to take a break from work and meet us at FYE!! Xander was in heaven but a little upset that he forgot his lightsaber (I didn't tell him why we were going to the store). Mara was excited at first, when she saw them from far away, but then freaked out when we got closer. It's a good thing Daddy was there to protect her!
Xander had to get his picture with everyone there!

Xander & Boba Fett Xan even got to fight with Obi-Wan Kenobi!!

(Watch the video too! He's so cute!)

The whole family with the group. Mara really hated being that close to people in masks, she was really freaked out about the Trooper right behind me! It was so funny :) Xander & Storm Trooper. Which I think is really a Sand Trooper, but I could be wrong. I'll have to ask Pat later.

Xander was even wearing his Yoda shirt today, so it worked out great! The girl that was taking pictures for the Star Wars group even got pictures of Xan & his shirt. The front says "Judge me by my size do you?" and the back has a pic of Yoda with Mickey ears on and even then he is too short to go on the rides at Disneyland. (This is one of my favorite shirts of his) See pic at right.

And a good one of Xander & Darth Vader as we were leaving.

Here is the video of Jedi Master Tolman 'aka' Pat doing a lightsaber fight :)