Friday, August 9th

There were a lot of plans made for Friday, however the weather did not cooperate at all.  Fortunately everyone was able to go with the flow and so despite the changes, a good day was had by all!  A mix of around-the-house time with Uncle Jeff, a movie outing, some necessary party preparation (the next day was Victoria's 5th birthday party), and of course quality time with weapons :-)

Morning snuggles with Uncle Jeff.  Waverly seemed perplexed - it's like daddy but not daddy...? (can you tell there's no other men in her life??)

 Lincoln was showing off his mad game-playing skills on his Nook.

Scarlett made 12 pancakes like a pro!

 Then... the grand reveal!  Uncle Jeff had brought a belated birthday gift for Lincoln - an AR-15 style airsoft gun.  Because every 3-year-old needs assault weapons, right?

Learning the safety rules and proper handling procedures.

 Lincoln was quite impressed with it. He asked Uncle Jeff or Daddy to take him out to shoot some more roughly 4,395 times over the next two days.

Scarlett always surprises me - she meandered downstairs and discovered what the menfolk were up to and was eager to learn as well! 

Not only that - she was a total natural!  That's my girly-dress wearing, pancake-making, loves to sew, shooting girl, haha.

Per Victoria's explicit instructions, the theme of her birthday party was to be a Mexican Monkey Easter Egg Hunt.  I think we had something like 20 bags of a dozen eggs/each to stuff with candy.  Uncle Jeff helped establish the process.

Teamwork - they really cranked them out.  I think it only took about 15 to 20 minutes to get them almost nearly finished.

Grammie had taken Victoria to pick out her cake from Kroger.  Victoria had seen one there a week or two prior that she was sure she would love; they didn't have it this time but she chose another one that she felt would be just perfect.  I think it was the worst tasting cake of all time, lol.  She had made sure to tell us to save several eggs for her to fill as well. 

A whole buncha eggs!

 Time for the daily Uncle beating ;-)

 Jim and Jeff took the three big kids on a movie date to see "Turbo."  They all loved it, and especially since Uncle Jeff splurged and got them each their own kid's pack!

After the movie, Jim and Jeff headed out for the evening - when they returned all of the kids were fast asleep... except my sidekick, who likes to keep late hours and was in a sling helping me roll chicken enchiladas for the party :-)  Uncle Jeff was very accommodating and took over for a while so I could finish up.

 Hanging out while I wrapped presents.

I don't want anyone to feel intimidated by my *amazing* wrapping skills, but I wanted to show off this fine specimen ;-)