It Was a Big Week!

Gramma and Grampa Harley arrive on Tuesday!  I took the kids out of school to surprise them at the airport.  I wasn't sure if they were off the plane or at baggage claim so the boys hid until I could locate them. 

In cognito...

Bonnie came out first and got a monster two-boy hug!

Grampa was a moment later, and he got one too!

Tuesday night we let Luke open an early birthday present (he wanted to do his Tell Not Show on it...and I knew he'd want to sleep with it). He is so intense!

It was a fuzzy star wars blanket that I made for him.  

This is a super random picture, but such a funny  memory. We were giving Luke his last hugs as a 6-year old,and all of the sudden Josh was adamant about wrestling one last time with his 6-year old brother.  In the middle of putting them to sleep, we had to pause the book reading and wrestle.  

Wednesday was Luke's actual birthday.  He requested cinnamon rolls and sausage links for breakfast. Luke is really great at soaking up the attention on His Big Day!

Mike and I met him at his school for cupcakes in class.  I love the crown. 

He has a very sweet teacher who really goes the extra mile to make her kids feel special!

Wednesday night was cub scouts at the indoor archery range.  Luke did great, with a little help from daddy.

Josh is an old pro, of course.

Just like last year, Luke chose Buffalo Wild Wings for his birthday dinner.  Best mac and cheese in town, he claims. 

Our little snow blower woke up early Thursday morning to help daddy with the snow!

Luke got 7 cans of whipped cream from the Harleys, and Sparkles helped finish this first can off!

We got him this cute Rudolph hat, which he clearly loves. 

Thursday was Gingerbread Making Day in his class. I couldn't make it (darn work!) but a friend sent me this.  He made  a very elaborate Star Wars scene, and explained it all to us over and over. 

Sparkles found our small Millennium Falcon on the night that Star Wars 7 came out. 

Friday morning daddy helped Josh tie his tie for the big Holiday Program. I love this moment. 

They both looked so handsome and even agreed to stand in front of our tree. 

Of course they requested silly poses too. 

He's getting tall and skinny (with big feet!) 

Ruby wanted to photo bomb the silly poses. 

There it is! That's the picture I was waiting for.  Two smiling, dapper-dressed boys!

Friday after school they made a BB8 snowman. 

Champ helped me get ready for the Christmas Party.  She's a ton of help.

All dressed up, so glad we have a place to go! 

I have to share this. I love so much about it.  It says  -- without spelling errors -- "Dear Santa,  How are you?  I have some questions for you.  First, am I on the naughty list?  How do you go around the world in one night? Why do you take a daily nap?  Finally, I am excited.  Love, Luke"  

Josh is such a tender heart. At the Santa Brunch on Saturday, he grabbed Connor and put him on his lap.  The boys all hung together and didn't open their gifts until they had all received them.  So sweet!

Santa is still very exciting! 

Josh kind of shrugged and side-nodded a lot to Santa. I wonder if he said he had been "good-ish" when Santa asked. 

Saturday afternoon we went to Star Wars.  We bought our tickets in October. We had a long wait to get into the teacher, and Luke wanted to pose with the Kung Fu panda poster. Silly

This is Luke in his seat moments before the movie started. He was SO excited! 

Sunday morning at Soby's for the final time.  Luke got a Chewbacca shaped pancake.  Josh got "bye soby's" for his design. 

Sparkles is getting excited for Christmas! 

Sunday we had Luke's birthday party!  I found some cute and punny printables on Pinterest, so we had silly food. 

My two favorites are Use the Forks and 7 Leia Dip. 

Chewy is a favorite. 

The party was at a laser tag place, so this is Luke ready for battle. 

The whole gang. I love Ady's smile! Ty looks so intense! 

Luke made all the choices, including flavors, for his birthday cake.  He chose the writing, and decided that we didn't need to write "happy birthday" on his cake because everyone there knew it was his birthday.  No need for redundancy.  

He was so excited to eat it!

While we were singing happy birthday to YOU -- he pointed to himself. Such a little ham. 

I'm dying to know what he wished for. He claims he wishes for the same thing every time. 

Conor had this ice cream cake figured out. He ate it like a popsicle.