A fun weekend!

This was another fun, and busy, weekend for us. I had another vacation day on Friday (thank you SBCUSD budget cuts :-/) so I took Emma & TJ out to have a picnic with Grandma. Then Emma & I went to a dress up party for Samantha's 6th birthday on Friday evening. Emma chose to be Alice from Alice in Wonderland. She was so excited that she even had a headband and black patent leather shoes and tights to match too. Yeah... those accessories lasted about 5 minutes after we got to the party, right up until she saw the bounce house and realized that she couldn't bounce very well in tights! Samantha was very excited about all her gifts. We got her a Barbie storybook & a set of nail polishes. Unfortunately, we were apparently not very original as she must have received about 8 different polish/ makeup sets and lots of Barbie dolls and accessories... If these are what the requisite gifts are these days for 6 year old girls, I think I am keeping Emma 4 forever! :)
On Saturday, we had the walk-a-thon fundraiser for the kid's little league. Check out my fashionista and her little outfit she put together. Gotta love the hat! Then we headed up to Victorville to celebrate Baby Jesiah's 1st birthday. For once, Emma was the oldest kid at the party and I think she got a kick out of it. There was one little 2-year-old girl who just kept following her around and copying everything Emma did. It was too cute watching Emma try to be the little mommy. :)
On Sunday, we went to church and then Karen & I took the kids to see the new Lorax movie. It was so cute! We all really enjoyed it and the best part was.... we got to see it for free!!! I love free. :) I was able to pick up some DVDs for only $5 each at walmart (going in the kid's easter baskets) and each one came with a code to redeem online for $5 free movie cash. Then I found a theater where the matinees were only $5 and wah-lah! A free movie day! As we were walking out, we ran into Jen, Charlene, and Hayden. It turns out they had been in the theater too, but it was so crowded we hadn't seen them. The kids thought this was cool and we all ended up heading over to Jen's house to hang out & play for a bit. What a fun weekend. :)