The Donoghue Family: Happy Birthday, Evie and Jamie!

Jamie and the girls had spring break last week, so we did ALL THE THINGS to celebrate birthdays and Easter. This is kind of long...

Amy and Rex got us gift certificates for horse back riding and the Flint Children's Museum. We went on Wednesday and the kids had an amazing time!

Scaling

Fire Engine crew

Museum selfie

Fortress of solitude

Our equestrians

Maggie's horse, Demi

You can't tell, but Evie is full of so much joy

Evie loved her horse, Mr. Charlie

Will riding Jericho

Amy wanted to take Evie to Build-a-Bear for her birthday gift on Thursday. Uncle Justin also planned to take Maggie for her birthday gift, so it was a fun outing for all! They had lunch at Big Boy first, then had a lovely afternoon at the mall!

Violet stealing the show!

Big Boy!

Woo hoo!

Thanks, Uncle Justin!

Yup, Aunt Amy got her two animals... so spoiled

Friday was Evie's actual birthday, and we had a lot of fun together as a family. We started with donuts in bed for the girls. We continued her healthy day with lunch at McDonald's, playing at Undersea Playground, going to see a movie, and then off to Red Robin for dinner with the Donoghues. It was crazy busy, but she loved all the attention! I adore our little girl - she is spunky, yet extremely sweet and is a mama's girl. She wants to do everything Maggie does, but only on her own terms. She's come a long way this year!

Breakfast of champions!

Evie wanted Maggie to be a part of everything, so sweet

My 4-year old!

Four and free from worry

Seeing the Missing Link

Birthday celebrations at Grandma and Grandpa's!

On Saturday we had my family over to celebrate the birthdays and Easter. Claire is so cute with Ben, a little mother figure. Sarah also loves Ben, but isn't quite as gentle as her big sister!

I think we can be buds

Cousins!

This is a happy place

...and we will defend it

Pops and Ben

For they are jolly good fellows!

Sunday was Easter! It was also Jamie's birthday, but I think perhaps not his favorite one... not getting to sleep in and then rushing to church was not ideal, but we still had a nice morning. The girls enjoyed hunting for eggs and their baskets. Maggie has now asked me three times if the Easter Bunny is real, and I'm pretty sure she knows it's me, but I'm still playing the game.

All eggs accounted for

Got to church early to get a seat

After church we went to the Odglen's to celebrate - poor Amy spent her birthday hosting all of us! Lots of good food, and the kids enjoyed playing around. Both girls overcame their fear of the dog, and Evie was so angry when we had to leave without him.