Tanner's Egg Hunt

After a fun visit with the Easter Bunny this morning (there will be a separate post detailing that!) & a little last minute Easter shopping, Kallie & I joined Tanner at his school at the end of the school day for his class Easter Egg Hunt.

Earlier in the week, each child had brought in a package of prefilled eggs, which were used for various activities. One was estimating the total amount of eggs & Mrs. Burkett sent me a text with pictures of the activity. I think Tanner's might have been a little high...

These kindergarten bunnies had on their ears & were definitely hyped & ready when it was time to hunt. While parents "hid" eggs outside, students were instructed to hunt for eggs, but stop at 20.

Tanner was very proud to be THE FIRST to get 20 eggs in his bucket (competitiveness is definitely a Bowens trait), happy to get to leave school a little early after the hunt, & super pumped to dig into his basket of treasures upon arriving home!

Kallie's Egg Hunt

Kallie was invited to an Easter Egg Hunt last week with some toddler friends. They played in the backyard, had some festive snacks, & "sort of hunted" for Easter eggs (Kallie was not so into it!). It was a fun morning, the kids had a great time, & Kallie looked totally adorbs!!

Snaggletooth

So, Tanner lost one of his front teeth on his 6th birthday...

...& a week later he lost the other!

He is an official snaggletooth now & looks totally adorbs!!! He can do all kinds of tricks with straws & food & stuff in that front area...& his new lisp is so cute. Tanner is growing up, losing teeth, & keeping the Tooth Fairy BUSY!!!

St. Pat's Day Fun

St. Patrick's Day was last week!
Of course we all wore our green, but my 2 smallest lucky charms had some extra fun added to their day...

Our neighborhood libraries have toddler storytimes weekly, so I decided to start taking Kallie so that she can enjoy 30 minutes of stories, songs, & movement/dance outside of our home on a regular basis. It's also a perfect opportunity for her to interact with children her age. So, part of our St. Pat's Day morning was spent at storytime. She was not her usual "show-offy" loud self; instead she just sat & kind of took everything in. I think she enjoyed it though (she's been singing the songs & doing the motions every since!) & will become more comfortable the more we go.

After the library storytime, we headed over to Tanner's school to join him for lunch. The school was a sea of green & the teachers &students looked quite festive. All during lunch I heard about the mischievous little leprechaun wreaking havoc in their classroom & throughout the building, the traps they had set, & all the fun they had been having. I absolutely LOVE Tanner's school & the way they get to celebrate all of these fun days as they learn!

During the afternoon, Tanner & his classmates enjoyed a snack that would just make you GREEN w/ envy! It included green cupcakes, green grapes, & a green sherbet & sprite drink. Yummy!

While Tanner continued to celebrate at school, Kallie & I headed home to rest.

Full, fun morning...LUCKY GIRL! LUCKY BOY!

Quiet, peaceful naptime...LUCKY MAMA!!

Gameday Birthday

We celebrated Tanner turning 6 with a football party on the night of his birthday at South's football fieldhouse! A few weeks earlier, we sent out tickets to invite family & friends...

We gathered in the players' lounge for the 1st part of the party - food, TVs, & games

(shout out to my wonderful hubby, sons, mom, sis, & bro for all their help!!)

Tanner gets his Daddy's field/sideline credentials after each game. He loves to wear them because they make him feel like a real coach! Most of them were on display on this table.

I made Tanner his own special credentials for the night :)

Cake flavor was strawberry as requested by Tanner!!

The runningbacks stopped by to hang out with Tanner for a bit. So sweet of them!!

And SouthPaw, our mascot, even stopped by to play. He caused lots of trouble...smh.

A certain birthday boy did not want to stop playing (he was totally amped up by this point) to take the obligatory family pic...

Tim's cousin Bre was a big help w/ Kallie!

my sis/BFF/twin/mom-to-be who's making me an aunt this fall!!!!

Mrs. Elise (aka Mrs. Berlise), our HC's wife & one of Tanner's faves!

Terrance, Tanner's fave RB/Jag

After hanging out & eating in the players' lounge, Coach Bowens led the crew on a tour of the fieldhouse. The parents were more excited than the kids!

They saw the coaches' offices & meeting rooms, as well as the cool pics on the walls. Then they got to watch a couple highlight films in the team room!

Then they checked out the weight room.  Everyone got to experience the power plate!

Next was the locker room, which left everyone in awe! Ha!!

The final stop was the practice field, complete with lights & music coming through the loudspeakers. We gave the kids footballs to run around & play with.

After the super cool tour, we all headed back to the lounge to sing "Happy Birthday" & have cake & ice cream!

Tanner was excited to open the cards & presents from his friends after arriving back at home.

One of the coolest things he got was a USA bean bag toss game (like you see at many tailgates) from Coach Jones & Mrs. Berlise. He loved it & we all had to participate in a tournament that night...(& there have been many more since!)

Tanner sure is a blessed little guy. He had so many family members, school friends, & football friends come to our home & to his party to celebrate his 6th birthday. And he racked up in the gift department - his wallet is a little thicker & he has some cool new gadgets. But, I would say those of us who are fortunate enough to have this dude in our lives are even more blessed.