Lauren's Birthday tea party

Today we had Lauren's birthday tea party, and she was showered with gifts, but most importantly love from family and friends! She was so lucky, she received so many wonderful gifts! So many people love her! We decided to do a small tea part this year and save the big party for next year when she goes to school, and she was delighted with her little party...
 

Here's her pictures...
 

 

With her Tinkerbell cake

 

 

 

Opening her presents

 

 

 

 

 

with Uncle Gary

 

 

Our little family

 

 

Blowing out Candles with Grandma Rose, with a little help from big brother

 

 

Being silly with Nanna

 

 

Cuddles with Grandad

 

 

Little princess with Mommy and Daddy

 

 

We had a lovely lunch and she finished up the day with a bike ride! Before falling asleep as soon as her little head hit the pillow! It's tough being four!
 

We love you Lauren...

 

 

So another year has passed and we look forward to watching her grow during her fourth year and enjoying each special moment with our little princess!

Happy fourth birthday Lauren

Trip to sea life centre

Last weekend Derek and I took the kids to the sea life centre in Bray to see the fish. They really enjoyed the tour. They saw lots of cool fish and got to touch a starfish! Lauren was fascinated with the sting rays which she kept calling "pancake fish" and Dylan loved the starfish! They were so good!

 

Afterwards we got them some souvenirs, and we went for a walk on the prom and the kids ran on the beach. We finished up with dinner in our favourite restaurant, the kids had a really lovely day! They were delighted to be home with Daddy again after our trip to Waterford, they missed him very much..... He missed them too! He was delighted bringing them around the sea life centre! It's good to all be under the same roof again after our trip!

 

Some of our favourtie parts of the trip...
 

 

 

Lauren's favourite bit, watching " The pancake fish"

 

 

 

Dylan's favourtie bit... touching the starfish...
 

 

 

I'm so glad they had a nice day! Love seeing their smiling faces having fun...

Radom ramblings

So my post is a random photo drop today! Life has been so so busy around here I can hardly get a second to catch my breath! So life lately......

 

We got new storage for what will be the 'children's room' when we move Lauren and Dylan into the same room when we get our au pair in the summer. Derek and I have been organising things around here to set up for her.
 

So we had a little trip to IKEA for these storage units... Love them!
 

 

Lauren's toys are in the right storage unit and Dylan's are on the left. It is such a great idea and we have so much more space in the room, our next purchase for the room will be bunk beds.

 

 

Derek got tickets to the opening game of the Gaelic football season, and he and Dylan had a boys night together at the match. Looking at this face, I think it's clear they had a good time! They had excellent seats!
 

 

On girls night looked kind of like this.... When you are almost four it's tough to stay awake past 8:30pm, and sometimes this happens...
 

 

Here she is before she crashed!
 

 

The kids had their mid-term from school this week, so I took them on the train down to Waterford to visit my parents for a few days. They were so good on the train, and they really enjoyed their mini holiday! Aren't they so cute? They did miss Daddy though.

 

Lauren is obsessed with taking her photos with me, she climbs up and says 'Daddy take a picture,' so cute, I hope she will always be this compliant. Dylan used to love photos, now he runs a mile when he sees the camera, or takes the pictures whilst sulking!

Here's Lauren's latest addition to her Mommy and Me photo collection...
 

 

so much going on around here, but it's been a fun time...