Kolton is in love with Just Dance. While Maddi was here over Christmas break she came over quite a few times and played it with Kolton. They would play for hours! Like, seriously! Haha.
We ordered a large picture of our family and I was so excited when it came in! Brady and I made a frame for it but I'll include that in a different post. Our picture is 24x36 so it is by far the largest family portrait we've had. Haha.
I love looking outside when it snows. It is just so pretty!
Kolton had a wonderful birthday! I had forgotten to buy cinnamon rolls on Saturday, so early Monday morning I got up and ran to Walmart real quick to pick some up before he woke up. We ate them for breakfast and then Brady headed to work.
We headed to Chuck E Cheese in the morning after Bentley took his nap. Kolton was excited to use his gift card he got for Christmas.
We then picked up pizza on our way home for his birthday lunch. :) He is one spoiled boy!
When Brady came home from work for lunch we let Kolton open his presents. He was dying to do it! :)
We kind of went with a Thunder theme for his birthday gifts this year. On Amazon I found this mini fathead of Kevin Durant and then it had some Thunder logos and such for $27. I couldn't believe it and had to get it for him! The Durant is 3 1/2 feet tall so it is definitely smaller than the real fatheads but so is the price! :) Kolton loved it and that is what matters!
He also got a Thunder clock and some KD socks. He was pretty excited about those!
And then Daddy had the gift of all gifts...new KDs that are the "original" colors. Kolton's other KDs were getting small and they weren't very grippy anymore either so Brady wanted to surprise him with new ones and he totally did!
He also got some Thunder basketball shorts. He had to try it all on and see how it looked! :)
My parents gave him this coloring set that has a book with it that has race cars you can color and then scan on your phone or tablet and drive the car you designed. It is pretty cool and Kolton loves doing it but is very particular how the cars are colored and designed and is skeptical about letting other people color in it. Haha. Bentley figured out it made a fun box to stand on while brother was trying on his new clothes. ;)
I made Kolton this quilt. I spent hours and hours working on it to make sure it turned out perfect. There are still a couple flaws but overall I'm happy with how it turned out. Kolton was surprised to see it.
I worked hard to make sure all the boxes were the exact same size to make sure when it was sewn that all the corners would match up.
And then I pinned it very carefully. Seriously, I was very particular with it all.
Then my friend Sarah came over and helped me tie it. That took an entire day. From the time Kolton went to school in the morning until right before he got home I was working on tying it and then I did the binding.
I made it big enough for him to put in on his bed if he wanted (which he does). I'm so glad I finally made the blanket for him! I've been wanting to do it for years! Hopefully it withstands the tests of time and lasts him a good long time.
That night we went to Red Robin for dinner. Our waitress ended up being Camille (the woman who owns Diesel--the stud dog we used with our Danes) so that was fun.
We had them come sing to Kolton and he was so embarrassed. It was hilarious!!
It was a great evening!
On Thursday, the 1st, we celebrated Kolton and Maddi's birthdays. Kolton got a Toys R Us gift card and a Westbrook jersey.
We had Kolton's birthday party the following Saturday, the 3rd. We originally had it scheduled for the 27th of December but only one person could come that day so we pushed it to the next Saturday. And lucky for Kolton, everyone he invited could come that day so it worked out perfectly!
We made a Just Dance bracket and had the kids play. It was cute to watch!
We then played a few minute to win it games. I think the boys really enjoyed them. One that we did was the Cheetos head one. One partner wore a shower cap with shaving cream on it and the other teammate threw Cheetos on the. Bentley loved this game too because then he went around and ate the Cheetos that fell. Haha. We also made paper airplanes and threw them through holes in a poster board. Different size holes were worth more or less points depending on the size. We also threw cotton balls in a cup. Then we had three balloons and the kids had to keep all three up off the ground as long as they could. The longest was Kolton's team and they only last 20 seconds. Haha. We also played a game of "Gotcha" with Bentley's little hoop he got for Christmas.
I made cupcakes for the kids and we skipped ice cream. Too much mess. Haha.
Oh, he is just so handsome!! What a special little 7 year old!
Here's the group. There's London, Sutton (friend from school), Kolton, Beckett (friend from church and soccer), Ryley (in the front, friend from basketball), Andrew (church), Pierson (front), and Parker (friend from school). It was a great group. After cupcakes they played the Wii and basketball. It was a lot of fun and the perfect way to celebrate such a sweet boy turning 7!
