Pinewood Derby

Justin and his friend Joey worked on Gages car, because you know that the kid really has nothing to do with this right?! Well, Gage painted it so he did something:) We really didn't expect much from this car and even talked Gage's expectations way down! His is the red car with the blue stripe down the middle....

The first 2 races he won!

And can you tell how excited and shocked he was?!
And he won again!

And again!

He did really well! Much better than we expected! He got second place in the group that he raced and then he also got best muscle car:) No one walks away a loser at our derby which is really nice! Makes all the kids feel like winners!!

So proud of my little guy and Justin! It was a lot of fun too:)

Happy Birthday Gage!

Gage celebrated his birthday by having a huge party at the house with a lot of his buddies. We had a belated party for Ethan too-thank goodness Gage was ok with sharing his day:) We took Gage to Dunkin Donuts for his birthday breakfast then off to Toys R Us to spend his b-day money/gift card from Papa John & Nina! The party was at 1 and was a lot crazier than expected. Either not much was going on that day or my boys are really loved by their classmates because just about all rsvp'd yes! With the help of a few friends/neighbor it was a success! I couldn't have done it without them!! I was way overconfident:)

I had 2 dozen cupcakes shaped like a baseball and another 2 dozen like a baseball glove and was very proud of myself! Unfortunately I didn't get 1 picture:(

I made these banners-

After all the kids left and we could breath a moment, we let the boys open up their gifts. They got a lot of fun stuff and it was fun to see them so excited! They have never really had a birthday party where they were so spoiled! I had a special gift that I had been holding for both boys since before Christmas! Good thing too because I could not have afforded these now!

KINDLES!! It's my latest attempt to get Gage excited about reading and Ethan to continue to LOVE it:) Sadie and Ethan had a sleepover that night and Justin and I were able to take Gage and his buddy/cousin Blake out to Taco Bell for dinner then to McDonalds for McFlurries then back to Blakes for some Xbox Kinect games:) It was a great day and I still can't believe he is 9! Next year will be really hard for me I think.....