Birthday Bowling Bash

Cody turned 8 today!

 Easiest cake yet...I'll be doing this more often! (I know the easiest would be to buy one...why are cakes $70??) Cake mix with whipped oreos and butter (whoa! but I needed a smoother consistency and it tastes so dang good.) in the middle layer. I made it ahead of time and froze it. Day of, slathered store bought frosting in a tub around the sides with three mini oreos on top for the bowling ball holes.

Happy birthday to you!!

 I got NO pictures of the cute/crazy group, but that many kids and two adults was apparently more than my brain could process.

  

 Cody did great - 108 at 8!

Sea World, the Beach and a Birthday Party

On the pier to Ruby's we watched enormous bubbles float down to the beach below

We watched the sunset from our table

and tried to decide if there really is a green flash before it disappears.

We got a picture, documenting my wearing of pajamas in public. because i'm cool.

Cody was not amused with the babies breaking his sand castles:)

Uncle Luke builds cool sand castles

Sea World!

 My favorite show was the Pet Show

 The kids love petting the rays

 Macey had been wanting a pink whale with a jewel pink heart on it forever. So when she saw she immediately knew that's what she wanted with her valentine's money.

Cody and Lucy have birthdays in the same month so we had a double birthday party.

 We did a shark/sea party.

Cody was most excited for prize punch - punch through the tissue paper or shark to get a prize. (Bowls were taped on the back with little prizes inside.

Happy Birthday Cody and Lucy!

Birthday Seven

The most anticipated day of the month for Cody came yesterday...his birthday!

He woke up at 3 am so excited to open his presents. I wasn't aware of that, but I did hear him around 6 when he couldn't wait any more!

 He stays pretty true to his size and about a month ago he started growing out of all his clothes and shoes.

 He was so sweet about his cake. I had the best idea. I cooked a cake in a silver mixing bowl and turned it over and cut out a slit for a shark mouth to make a shark head coming out of water. I should have looked at a picture of a shark. The cake ended up looking more like a dolphin but Cody reassured me several times that he loved it and it totally looked like a shark. So, it's all good.

I put swedish fish in its mouth and the teeth were white card stock.

It was such a good idea, in theory.

 I took Cody to Disneyland Friday night. Cody was too excited to wait for the tram at the parking lot so we had to run there! We ventured over to California Adventure. It wasn't overly crowded and that was a nice change. We went on California Screamin - twice. Cody loves that ride! I got a little sick:). Then we went on the Cars Racers. It was a 45 minute wait and apparently that is nothing. Ugh. It was such a cute ride though and we stood in line by the cutest family. Once they heard it was Cody's birthday they gave him drinks and treats galore, which was nice -Cody was thirsty. Last we hit up Soarin over California and then called it a night.

Cody mentioned that it was so nice not to have the girls with us fighting. Is it terrible to admit it was?! Mackayla is two. Two is terrible. Sweet and terrible. And it was nice to be so free. I had no bags, no stroller and free hands. AMAZING! I loved hanging out with this fun guy. This is the only picture I took at the Cars ride!

 Ben took Cody to get ice cream the next day.

He also got a new chess set.

 and a water swimming shark.

Random-

Cody's school has no parking lot, except for the teachers.

This is an elementary and it has no parking for parents. I'm confused as to how they even got these plans approved, but whatever. We walk to get Cody each afternoon and Mackayla just beams every time he comes out of class.

She was sporting these awesome shoes. She insisted on wearing them, ah!

We're having his official shark party with Ben's family when they come visit!