My lil superhero turns 4!

This is a little out of order since I haven't written about Gabe's birthday yet, but it's fresh on my mind!  We just celebrated our sweet little Isaac's 4th birthday.  I can't even believe he is 4 already, and such a boy.  Everything is about superheroes these days.  I can't tell you how many costume changes we go through each day, but it's really quite entertaining! I had such a ball planning for his superhero themed party.  I spent hours on Pinterest and crafted the entire week before the party.  We had capes for each of the kids, and they got to decorate their own mask and cuffs.  Then they all played superhero games, like shoot Spider-man with webs, and smash the bubbles like Hulk.  I may have gone a little overboard with the superhero theme, but hey it's fun to have special food and decorations!

Isaac in his Captain America cape and mask

The capes waiting to be claimed

Captain America's shield fruit tray

Thor's hammer cheese snacks

Gabe and sweet Evelyn in their capes

Pretty Isla in her dress and cape

Hulk stomp

Web-slinging

The best part was the cake.  Zack and I had so much fun making the cake, even though it took an insane amount of time (totally worth it)!

God Bless America!  Ha, I'm sure that's what all our British friends thought when we cut into the cake :) Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

With love, 

Janelle

The Baltic Sea

This summer we were able to make a little road trip up to the Baltic Sea with some German friends of ours.  We first stopped in Hamburg, which is a huge harbor city, and then stayed in a quaint little town called Lubec.  It was nice to escape from the big city and explore the town of Lubec, which happens to be famous for their marzipan, delicious! We were able to go to the Baltic Sea one day, but it was quite cold and rainy, nothing like the East Coast beaches!  The boys still played on the beach and even got in for a quick dip, just to say they've swam in the Baltic. There were tons of dead giant jellyfish washed up on shore and Isaac kept trying to catch them with his shovel!

The first few pictures are from Hamburg:

These are from Lubec:

And these are from the Baltic Sea:

With love,

Janelle