Last Thursday night we took Tanner to Sesame Street Live! It was a perfect surprise for Princess Abby Cadabby. We started the evening at Chick-fil-A, T’s favorite restaurant. She sat by her favorite playmate, Daddy.
On the way home from school, Tanner kept saying, “i’m goin to ayanta! i’m goin to ayanta! i gon see sneffy street! and elmo! and daddy! and big bird! i’m gon take my purse! has gum in it.” The fam at Phillips Arena.
Katelynn and MooMoo were twins!
All her favorites were there! (Except Snuffleupagus.)
Tanner loved sharing popcorn with “Tatelynn.”
Sweet girl.
She was impressed with Oscar’s trash can,
but most of all, she loved spending time with Daddy!!!
Check this out. (9 second video.)
This joy was worth the cost of admission…intermission was over!
And for your viewing pleasure, 1:29 of the real deal.
And watching him with them makes me love him more.
(Coach Nick pitching to Katelynn at softball…)
Tanner loves “Tarley.” They’ve been BFF since they were born, 5 weeks and 6 days apart. I think it’s awesome because my friends Morgan and Tanaya have been BFF for life, and I’ve always thought that was the neatest experience. These pictures will be really cool when Tanner and Carley are freshmen at UGA! ☺ (Goooooo Dawgs!)
Tanner, 10 weeks & Carley, 6 weeks
Tanner, 14.5 months & Carley, 13 months
Tanner, 26.5 months & Carley, 25 months
They’re so sweet to each other…precious!
Jaxson is 3 months old today. We had to wash his 3-6 month clothing last week, and I can’t believe he’s already a big boy. He weighs 12lbs. 12oz.; he’s 25 inches long; and he’s starting to get dark brown hair. He’s staying awake for longer periods of time, and he smiles and coos and eats his hands. He loves going to school and flirting with his teachers. 
I’m continuing to learn how different boys are than girls…Jax is very, very cuddly, and likes to be held tightly, and I’m more than happy to oblige! He’s officially stolen my heart.
Nick turned 28 on Wednesday, and he’s so cool he got TWO birthday cakes!
Tanner was stoked about singing “Happy Day” to her daddy, and Katelynn made him a cookie cake all by herself! And Jaxson…just looked cute.
Happy Birthday, Nick!
Daddy’s Girls…and Daddy’s Boy!
I meant to post this on Father’s Day, but…you know.
My kids have the best father ever!!!
The more I watch Nick be a dad, the more I fall madly in love with him…
He even vacuums. While baby-wearing. That in itself qualifies him as super-dad!
*thankful*
Tonight we helped Tanner celebrate her 2nd birthday with her favorite characters from Sesame Street!
Tanner wore her custom Abby Cadabby shirt… (notice it says “2″ and “Tanner”)
and Jaxson rocked the Elmo Onesie. We couldn’t find a real Elmo onesie that was small enough, so I had to make it.
Katelynn and I were super-cool in our Cookie Monster and Big Bird Shirts. Ha.
And Nick’s shirt is visible in the first picture;
it says “I wear this shirt when I’m a Grouch.”
We ate Tanner’s favorite foods at Tanner’s party: pizza, cheetos, and watermelon!
She enjoyed blowing out her candles with her favorite big sister,
And playing with beach balls and bubbles!
She definitely got dirtier than she’s ever been in her life.
Then we got her all sugared up on these yummy Sesame Street desserts:
It’s still hard to believe she is TWO!
The Abby & Elmo Birthday Extravaganza
In the latest installment of My Pretend Bakery, here’s how we implemented the Sesame Street theme:
First, super-grandma made 15 colors of icing while I baked the bases.
Cake (Pillsbury Funfetti…no need to make scratch cake for 2-year-olds!), Cookies, Brownies, Lemon Bars, and Rice Krispie Treats, dyed green.
I bought some of these fondant cutters and cut the rice krispie treats into 2.5″ circles, and everything else into 1.25″ circles.
The rice krispie treats became Oscar the Grouch.
The cookies became (who else?) Cookie Monster!
The brownies became Elmo.
And the lemon bars became Big Bird.
(If I did this again, I’d try lemon cheesecake instead of lemon bars…the lemon bars were exceptionally difficult to cut out as the top layer wanted to stick to the cutter, and the bottom layer wanted to crack.) The “beaks” are the yellow ends of candy corn, scored in the middle.
The star of the show was Miss Abby Cadabby!
Here’s the entire collection. Sunny Day / Sweepin’ the clouds away….
It sure was fun, but my hand is still shaking from those gazillion star tips
The birthday princess is worth it!
If you ever think, “Hmm? I wonder where the Moon Team is?” It’s a pretty safe bet to guess we’re at the ballfield. K-dawg’s All-Star team is still undefeated and they’re currently playing in the Tri-County tournament at in Snellville. Here are some of our favorite recent pics:
And these are Katelynn’s biggest fans!!! We usually buy Tanner two snow cones per game to keep her occupied.
