Family 3rd birthday party!

This year we decided to have two seperate parties for the big 3 year olds...one for family and those who are just like family before we left for Disney and one for their little friends after we return home.  If the family one was any indication on how stress free smaller parties are then I think our trend will continue throughout the years! 

The invite made by Mandy King of  Lucky 7 Designs

Party favors and such...








The party goers...












Brady and his Godmother, Sam...


Time to chow down!


MMMMM...cupcakes!  Chocolate for Matthew and Cameron, Vanilla for Brady and Strawberry for the little Princess...




Happy Birthday to You...


Make a wish...




Brady and Kennedy's cupcake fight...






Cameron says...Don't even think about it!


Brady getting Aubrey...


Daddy and Kennedy...


Present time...
















Thank you to everyone who came and made our party special!

Farmer for the Day!

Farmer for the Day was a new attraction at the Lancaster Fair this year and let me tell you it was a HIT with the quaddlers!  They loved being little farmers and I think Cameron loved the fact that at the end of a hard day's work he was rewarded with some fruit!

The Face of the Fair!

I entered the kids in a contest to win "The Face of the Fair" for our local county fair and they won!  As a result we got free passes to go and hang out there as much as we wanted for the 6 days it was in town...if it hadn't been for the thunderstorm on Friday evening we would have attended all 6 days!  The kids love it there...every time we pass the fair grounds year round they yell "Fair, Fair, Fair!!!"  They were very sad to wake up on Tuesday morning and discover that there was no more fair until next year but in the meantime they can look at these pictures and remember all the fun they had there this year!

I can't begin to count the hours that we spent in the animal barns...










Feeding time at the zoo!








Coffee milkshake...YUMMMMMMY!


Matthew being anti-social!


The pulling ring was a big hit!  I love this picture because they are lined up in birth order...very rare!


Another favorite...exploring the vegetables and posing with the scarecrows!







Meeting Elmo and Abby!


Giving Abby some love!


Cameron LOVES his Elmo!


Lancaster Fair Mascot...T-Bone!
 

Hanging at Kid's Korner!




Junior fire fighters!




The carosuel!





Racing!




Choo-Choo!


They think they are mini celebrities!

Helping out some friends...

A friend of mine and her husband were blessed with twin boys after a 3 year battle with infertility.  Unfortunately the boys, Samuel and Andrew, were born at only 24 weeks 3 days gestation which means they will have a long hard road in the NICU and incur many unexpected expenses.  I am trying to help them out...with your help...by holding a Scentsy fundraiser for the family.  All you need to do is click on this link and choose The Elliott Family!  For each order 25% of the sales will go to the family...what better way to stock up on some fall scents?

My big girl!

When Aubrey was born this onesie swam on her!  Look at her now!


...and now Abby can wear it!

Nearly 3 year old stats!

I was stepping on the scale this morning and the kids decided they needed to be weighed too so we took some unofficial weight and height checks!

Matthew 29 lbs
               36"

Brady  36 lbs
           38"

Aubrey 27 lbs
            35.5"

Cameron  31 lbs
                36"

I knew Aubrey was thisclose to being 36" so I bought her some really cute wedge sandals to wear at Disney in case her height restricted her from some rides.  Let's just say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree where being graceful is concerned...she rolled her ankle 3 times in the 10 minutes she wore them so I am hoping her sneakers add the necessary height.