The Goose's Birthday

Rise and shine, the Goose is now six. We have a donut-for-your-birthday tradition, but I don't think she was quite awake yet.

Still not quite awake, but maybe presents will help her move a little faster.

All the Mahlmann grandchildren and Popo at Lucy's party. Look at all the boys.

Lucy decided that she wanted to have soccer birthday party. So we had a soccer ball pinata. We had the party at the park and had a soccer goal and balls for the kids to play with. I also made plaster of paris soccer balls for them to paint. They enjoyed the painting and playing on the playground, they weren't too interested in the goal.

Even the Gopher got to go down the slide with a little help from Daddy.
Here is a video of the cake, ignore my singing and try and listen to the kids, they are much better. The cake is a soccer field with two goals, but one didn't make it through the night. So we decided that the white team won. Everyone had a great time at the party and the Goose got lots of great presents.

Halloween

They may look cute now, but before this picture was taken, there was a whole lot of screaming going on. Originally the plan was for the Gopher to be a cowboy and the Bear and Goose to be cowgirls with the hats they got at the fair. Well when they came home from school they changed their minds. First the Goose was going to be an angel with her dance costume from last year, then she decided to be a cheerleader. So I thought we were done, well then the Bear decided she wanted to be a cheerleader. That sent the Goose into a fit because she didn't want them to wear the same costume. So we told the Bear she had to pick something else. Well after much crying and screaming she came out in her school clothes with a stuffed dog and said she was going to be a person carrying a dog. We told her that wasn't going to work. So after some more screaming and crying, she ended up in the above cowgirl outfit. I'm not sure why she didn't want to be a cowgirl to begin with, but after much ado we got it straighten out and were on our way to Trick-or-Treat.

Give them a little sugar and they can be so cute. (Or maybe that is give me a little sugar and they can be so cute.)