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Brody's birthday has been on my "to blog" list for months.  I used to be so good about blogging but lately I've had issues with forgetting about the blog!  Tomorrow is a new month and I hope to blog multiple times a week in April if not every day!  Here are some pictures from Brody's 5th birthday party!  (Minecraft was our theme clearly)

He was THRILLED with his cake!

All of the guests got foam swords that I painstakingly printed Minecraft on in white puffy paint---later I found random letters all over the house because the paint had come off.  Oh well.

I just found a picture of the swords  :)

Travis was beating the kids up---thankfully the swords are super soft

Craft time!

MAKE A WISH!

What do you do with all of the Christmas cards you receive?

Ok I know that Christmas was MONTHS AGO but I just recently did my post Christmas card project.  Hindsight is always 20/20 right?  I kind of wish that I had made a photo album of old cards from friends and family so we could look back at them years from now.  Well I never did that then and I don't want to start now so I am sticking with the project I have been doing the last 6+ years.  (but I do have a copy of every card we have sent in the last 11 years with kids and I will be doing something with those as a keepsake memory)

I got a bunch of clear magnetic frames and put them on the door of my fridge in a Tetris like pattern and fill them with cut up pictures from the Christmas cards of friends and family.  So I get to enjoy those little faces all year long.   :)

During.......

After!  These guys will greet me every time I get into the freezer until early 2016!

Organization is key.......

A few years ago I mounted this white board in the mud room so we had another places for the various appointments and sports schedules to go.  We go through the mud room ALL DAY LONG so it was the perfect place for these reminders.

Right now the schedule isn't too bad but in a few weeks it will be INSANE!  Two kids and four sports.  Travis will be playing baseball for his 8th season and hockey for his 8th season as well.  Brody is still doing gymnastics once a week and this season will be trying t-ball for the first time.  Yes I'm sure I will need to be in two places at once a lot but thankfully Travis is old enough for me to drop off early if there are other parents/players around.  I always give Travis' coaches a heads up that I may not be there a lot because I am shuttling Brody somewhere and clearly Brody isn't at the "drop off" age yet for sports.  :)

How do you keep on top of these things?  Visual reminders?  Reminders on your smart phone?

p.s.  I will take another picture of the board when all 4 sports are in full swing.  LOL