Shopping spree at Toys R Us

Today was the day the kids have been waiting for... time to spend some money! I think this was the first time we've taken the kids into the store to spend their own money. Their piggy banks had been filled to the max every since they "harvested" all of the cash with Grandma a few weekends ago, so it was time to empty them out a little and have some fun. Here they are with their bags of cash...

Sydney had the clear advantage as she had a birthday gift card to ToysRUs and a couple of coupons so she ended up only spending $8 (and she started out with a lot more money) and Zack had to spend $18, which pretty much cleaned out most of his cash reserve. Now we'll have to convince Sydney to take most of her money to the Credit Union, so there is room for more money in her bank of course :)

Sydney bought a motorized kitten and cat (I guess Pico doesn't sit still long enough anymore for her! haha) and miniture kitten playset. Zack got a Hector coal train (Thomas and Friends of course!) and a 5 pack of Hot Wheels cars. None of those purchases were surprising!

Sydney's Kindergarten Graduation

Today was the big day - Kindergarten graduation!! There were 26 kids graduating with Sydney. They sung several songs, which were cute. Our favorite was "kiss your brain" :) They also asked the kids what they wanted to be when they grew up - surprisingly none of them said Mommies. The majority was a teacher, and a vet (for the girls) and most of the boys said a pilot. One boy said he wanted to be a "baby doctor" which got quite a response from the crowd - so the next boy said the same thing!



Ms Tennille, her teacher


Sydney and Chloe. Chloe and Sydney have been friends ever since Sydney started at daycare (well, maybe not in the infant room, but I think they were friends in the toddler room!)

Sydney and Andrea

Grandparents...

It's true - she's got the diploma to prove it!

Chuck E Cheese birthday party

Sydney has been pretty lucky this year. We went to Cedar Point on her birthday, the grandparents brought her presents, and now a party at Chuck E Cheese! It was a good time for all of the kids. Luckily we got double tokens for booking the party on a Sunday (40 for each kid) so they didn't end up running out of tokens too soon.

We love Hello Kitty!

Zack is shocked at the amount of tickets he's getting.

The lucky birthday girl got an unbelievable 389 tickets!!