Last Day of School!!!

I am always looking for a reason to have a party...so I decided to make the last day of school a family celebration. We started the evening with homemade pizza. But I didn't take any pictures of that. Mainly because after I put the first one in the oven, I had to run to the commissary to get frosting. When I got back, the pizza was pretty much gone. We did make more pizza after that, but I was busy frosting this:

I was feeling a bit nostalgic, thinking back to my elementary school days. I still have a place in my heart for boxed yellow cake with canned chocolate frosting. So that is what we had. And sprinkles, suggested by Jacob. Owen almost missed out, because he wouldn't eat any pizza (no dinner=no dessert here). A kid not eating pizza? Crazy, right? Owen just has a discerning palate. He could tell after one bite that something was up. Indeed, I totally spiked the pizza sauce with every vegetable I could think of. The boy won't eat vegetables. He often does pass up dessert, simply because he is so strongly against peas, beans, broccoli...you name it. He will often get a smoothy the next morning, and we'll sneak kale in it so at least he gets something green. But this pizza sauce had carrots, spinach, onion & garlic. He was totally on to it. But I was able to get him to nibble off bites while I held it. He ended up eating a full slice. And then he got cake.

We had a slumber party (sort of). They all worked together to neatly arrange their bags. It would have been nice, but the little ones couldn't stay down, so they ended up back in their beds. But they did all get to watch the Korea/Argentina game.

Kevin bought the boys Korean Soccer shirts. Ethan is posing like the Koreans do in all their pictures. Note the Korean Commentators in the back ground. We went back and forth between watching the AFN American Airing and the Korean airing. It was nice to have the option :) Just so you don't think he jipped (is that really a word?) Anna Grace, we didn't think she'd care about a soccer shirt, so we looked for a regular shirt for her at a local Korean shop. We got her a yellow shirt with a little girl walking a dog. It read "I'm always singing hello I'm lucy in joy and in sorrow" So fun living in the "Land of the not-quite-right".

Clueless

I just realized that we haven't updated the blog lately. So I am updating it. I downloaded a few pictures off my camera today. I didn't look at them, so we'll all be surprised...

Owen got some new hats. He is in a bit of a debacle; He doesn't want to get his hair cut, but he doesn't want his hair "fluffy". So he is back to wearing hats. I figure they may as well be cute. So this one has a shark fin on it!

Anna Grace looking pretty in front of a tree. The hairband was a birthday gift from the hostess at the "Flying M", a restaurant on base. We go there on most Tuesdays as kids eat free. Owen and Anna Grace love the hostess, Ms. Kimberly. She is a darling Korean lady who is always dressed to the nines. They think she is a princess.

Wow...where do I start with this one? Well, the cupcake cake was my first attempt using my new pan that I ordered from Hobby Lobby. They just started shipping to APO. When I found this out, they had all their Wilton products for 40 or 50% off. Then they had a 40% coupon. So my $35 pan was around $7!

Now, moving on to other things going on in the picture...yes, that's Owen in a fluffy pink dress. BUT...he is sitting by ONE of his favorite girls, Reece. Right next to Reece is her twin sister, Emma. But Owen likes Reece. He has a few other girls he enjoys hanging out with. He is also fond of Reece & Emma's mom, who is my workout partner and his Sunday School teacher.

Ethan finally lost another tooth. He had like a 9 month hiatus. But this one was the significant front tooth. He was very happy.