Freaky frogs and skim boarding babies

We were chillin, down by the river, and noticed some kids holding a frog, we went over to see because my kids love anything green and slimy of course. When we got closer I was surprised to see that there were two. I thought they were maybe gettin busy until the kids told me that they tried to take them apart and couldn't. If you look at the one on top's arm, it is attached to the bottom frogs body. YIKES!! Poor frogs! The kids that found them let my kiddos hold them and then decided to take them home as pets.
Cam lovin the frogs
Kaido and the Siamese frogs
These weeds were covered in Lady bugs, Casen was in buggy heaven!
Casen and his best buddy Parks lookin a little confused as they waded through the water.
My little skim boarding baby. He can't actually skim board, of course, but he LOVES this thing!
Camden was searching for CORN in the weeds when he was distracted by a gun. This kid is a bit intense!
Kelly had to show the boys how it was done. Go Kelly!
Cam trying out the skim board
Kaiden having a turn. Thank you garage sale for the $2 skim board and hours of fun!
Keagan is actually getting pretty good at this. He is throwing the board himself and everything.
Camden in river bliss!
We are loving living so close to this free fun!
And then there is the mandatory bath after the dirty river, and why not fill it all the way to the top?
and then there is always bath tub fountains, cause that is some clean bath water! Yuck!! Too cute not to capture though :)

Kaiden's 6th birthday Party

So here it is, Kaiden's birthday party that actually took place in April. So maybe I haven't been blogging much. Anyway, the invite is obviously edited for the blog, it did contain his last name and actual information in it. :)
Here is Kaiden instructing the kids on how things were going to go at his party as the guests arrived. He is a big fan of being in charge! He wanted a lego star wars party, but unless you are buying a toy, or video game, lego star wars stuff is almost impossible to find, so I did what I could to make it work.
The party participants, still listening to Kaiden.
Kaiden and Keagan demonstrating how to use the all mighty noodle sabers. Kelly stayed up late making a million noodle sabers, such a great guy. They each had the name of a star wars character written on the handle. It seemed like a harmless idea to make these and let the boys battle star wars style, WRONG!! We had an all out battle going on!! There were crying kids, kids chasing each other around yelling "I'm gonna kill you!!" Needless to say it got a little out of hand. Boys and their testosterone. Not sure why I didn't take any pictures of the battle. Steph and I had to break up a few fights. That is when I redirected everyone to the water.
Light Saber-sicles
Chewbacca cheese puffs and Wicket watermelon
Yoda Soda's (big thanks to Heather who was a star wars birthday veteran and helped me with party ideas!! Thank you!!)

Kaid and his buddies making a human dam. Gotta love the splash pad!!
You can also use your light saber as an elephant trunk. Boys certainly are creative!!
Next it was on to the Pinata. No big deal that NO STORE within 300 miles of us had anything that even related to star wars in stock, Kaiden went with the dinosaur. Can't go wrong with dinosaurs in our house!

Next the kiddos ate snacks while Kaiden and his trusty assistant, Keagan, opened gifts. No matter how old you are, an assistant is always necessary, or irresistable.
The happy birthday boy and his lego cupcakes, sugar, sunshine, water, friends, gifts all around, Life is good!! Thanks to all who helped us celebrate our sweet little Kaiden, it's been an amazing 6 years and we love him SO much!!