Life is full of fun and excitement with the Oberlin kids. We are so proud of our kids and excited to share all of that with you. Michael and Nikki

Friday, March 20, 2009

Good Morning Birthday Girl


Maddie woke up so happy on her birthday. She had a birthday that just would not end, she actually had more of a birthday week. She was singing so loud that she woke Macy up early, they were looking forward to our day at Pokagan.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Maddie Turns 6

OOPs this one is super fuzzy, my camera was a little messed up this night.
The girls were all checking out the gift that Whittney got for Maddie. She got her the coolest scrap book I have ever seen for a little girl. It is made by Usborn. ( Whittney's mom sells Usborn if you are interested.)

Maddie and Maggie thought they were so cool in their sunglasses. I admit they looked really cute, they even danced and sang in them.


Maddie thought she was striking a pose just like in the movie. All of the girls had their HSM appareal on for the night. Bre even had a coat that was HSM.



We celebrated High School Musical style all evening on Friday. Maddie had so much fun with her friends, they sang in the microphone to all of the HSM tunes, and danced the night away on the HSM stage. You can see from the picture Nana made an awesome cake. We had a pinata and the girls watch HSM 1-3 throughout the evening. They also did the make-up and nails a million times, sorry fellow moms I realized after the fact that I was out of remover. This group of girls were so easy, they all got along great and played together really well. They played house and pretended they were going to the beach, this was a little rough on my beach towel supply, good thing I am getting my new dryer this afternoon.

We had cake and icecream with the Auld's on Thursday night so the kids could celebrated with great grandpa and grandma. We are so lucky to have such a great extended family. Maddie was not too impressed with the frog cake but Dylan loved it. He has had a birthday that just wont end.

Swimming at the YMCA




We went to family day at the YMCA and went swimming, we usually go to Auburn but the kids loved Angola, they have a huge hot tub and waterslide. It was fun, even little Macy was going down the slide by herself, she will be our dare devil of the group, Dylan was scared of the slide. All three kids did do a great job swimming though, I was really proud of them all.

Dylan Turns 5

The boys are all settled in after a long night of playing hard. They stayed up until 12:00am.
The boys hits pinata a million times, and Mike still had to cut it to get in started for them. They were really funny, and it actually ended up keeping them busy for quite a while.

This picture made me laugh, I did not realize that everyone helped Dylan blow out the candles until I downloaded the pictures. I forgot to order a horse cake so I had to just buy one. Kris usually makes them but it did not work out this time.


The boys were settling in for some pizza.



Dylan got to have a sleep over for his 5th birthday. We did a Wild West theme. They had a horse pinata, searched for treasure, played games and just had fun playing together. He had 5 friends stay and they had so much fun. Mike took pictures of the basement when they were done because we had never seen anything like it. Baily was the babysitter and she cleaned it up for me, she is the best!!!!

Valentine Party


I had decided that our kids were too spoiled and I was not going to do anything crazy for Valentines Day this year, but what can I say, we love to celebrate. Maddie crawled into Mike and I's bed and said Happy Valentines Day, I love you. Then she followed up with what is Valentines Day anyway, so I showed her and I made them a special dinner and had the table all set in theme for them. It was really fun and they were very appreciative.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Go Upward


Grandpa and Grandma came to watch Maddie play basketball toward the end of the season. She really did learn a ton, and the team improved so much from their first practice, it was pretty amazing.