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It’s so fun looking back at pictures of when my children were babies! I remember giving Jacob his first bath and being so worried about how fragile he was. Nowadays I have to worry about the boys jumping around in the tub and not hurting themselves as they giggle with each other! What a difference a few years make 
My blog is a few days away from celebrating it’s FOUR YEAR BIRTHDAY!! Wow! In honor of that I thought I’d share some pictures that were taken the week I started the blog {It’s hard to remember Jacob was ever this little…}
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Jacob on his last day of swim lessons.
Jacob smeared frosting from his birthday cookie all over his face like shaving cream. lol
The boys had a blast at their Disney Cars themed birthday party. Below are some of the Cars decorations, treats, and fun themed activities we did:
Indoor Fun: Car mat w/ cars
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Jacob colored a Lightning McQueen cutout and then we had smaller cars as well to decorate the living room
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The cake table was setup with balloons, some cars cutouts, and the goodie bags
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Dessert #1: Rice Krispie Treat Stoplights- I had planned to dip the rice krispie treats in chocolate before putting the m&m’s on them but we were short on time.
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Dessert #2: Cars cake
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The boys LOVED this huge Cars mural. It was over 5 feet tall. I got it from Party City and plan on finding a permanent home for it in the boys room.
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I found this trophy and thought it would be perfect for the party. I told them it was the Piston Cup, just like the Cars try to win in the movie. They are still carrying it around days later
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The kids enjoyed doing a Cars sand art project. It was really messy so I was happy that I’d chosen to do it outside!
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All of the children had fun breaking apart the pinata. I liked this one because all they had to do was pull strings for it to open. The ones that need to be broken open with a bat are not so easy for my young kids to do.
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I bought Mater party hats but we found them hard to put together. The kids didn’t like them because the hats covered their eyes. This was the one party item I bought that I wish I wouldn’t have.
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At the end of the party the kids got Cars themed goodie buckets overflowing with Cars themed fun.
Overall it was a great party!
Who needs toys when you can play with boxes? The boys played for over an hour with a few boxes. Here's Jacob pretending to be a robot.
Picture by Lifetouch
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Jacob put this together and called me over to the table. Doesn't it look like a heart?!
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Jacob had his first day of preschool on Friday so I wanted to share about it
We started a “night before school” tradition where the kids get to pick the restaurant they want to go to. Jacob chose pizza so we headed to a local pizza place. After dinner we came home and the boys had baths and we read some books about going to school for the first time.
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The next morning I woke up earlier than everyone else and started getting ready for the day. Daddy had taken the morning off work too so he could watch his oldest son go to his first day of school. He helped get the kids ready. Outfits had been picked out the night before which helped save time in the morning. Sinisa made the boys a hot breakfast of scrambled eggs and nutella on toast which they enjoyed. The backpack was filled with school supplies and ready to go. Before we left the house I took a picture of Jacob standing by the front door, something I remember doing every single year growing up on the first day of school.
We drove to Jacob’s school and got there pretty early. We aren’t allowed to bring the kids in to the school which I was kind of bummed about. Teacher assistants come get them and bring them inside to sit outside of their classrooms until school starts at 8am. When the teacher came and opened his door, Jacob seemed leery about going with someone he didn’t know and he didn’t want to wear his backpack but after a minute or so he let the teacher lead him away from the car.
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When we came back two and a half hours later we waited in a long line as we watched children come out of the building and get into their parent’s cars. We spotted Jacob before he saw us and I tried to get another picture of him but couldn’t because other cars were in the way. When we finally got closer he saw our car and his face lit up.
As soon as he got in the car I was wanting to know about his day. He said he played with playdough and read books. He seems very excited to return so we shall see how drop off goes today!
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Has your child started school yet? How did the first day go?
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These pictures were all taken at JCPenney Portraits Studio.
(Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post!)
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One year ago we went blueberry picking. This is a picture of Jacob and daddy on the wagon to take us to the blueberry bushes.
This was Jacob's first time tasting a blueberry.
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Jacob turned three years old this past Saturday. Here are some of my favorite pictures:
Presents were opened first thing in the morning!
Out and About: Pancakes at McDonald's, Walmart, All Aboard Diner
Outdoor Fun
Cake Time!
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JACOB THOMAS IS:
Joyful
Active
Creative
Outgoing
Busy
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Terrific
Handsome
Oldest
Magnificent
Adorable
Silly
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Happy Birthday to my first born child! I love you so much and am blessed to call you my son!
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Love this picture of Jacob and I that was taken at JCPenney Portrait Studios this week!
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(Disclosure: This is NOT sponsored by JCPenney’s…just love their portrait studios!)
