Once Upon a TIme...

...this lady had four hooligan children {hooligans is a term of endearment with this woman}. It was the last day of the {first} school week. On this particularly glorious morning, her eldest hooligan was celebrating her 5th birthday with crowns, songs, stories, and {of course her favorite school-approved, birthday treat} Jello at preschool.








Whilst the eldest of the four daughters sat on her preschool throne, mama hooligan decided to take the other three hooligans to a park. They only had a few moments to spend frolicking in the sunshine and beautiful weather {thank you cold front and rain} before they needed to pick up the eldest hooligan from preschool.

Seeing that there was plenty of sunshine, the mother hooligan decided pictures were a must. And this is what she got:


Mama hooligan thought this was quite a funny snapshot {and she wants to remember this moment for, hmmm..... EVER}. It captures sweet beauty in her eyes.





Then suddenly, the hooligans decided to give mama hooligan a little love. So they agreed to pose as asked.

Really, these little hooligans are quite lovely. As you can see here, they posed so nicely for mama hooligan on their {official} first day of school.

And each little hooligan smiled as if she were smiling for God Himself.

But back to our story---

The four ladies ceased the park festivities when it was time to pick up the birthday princess. They came home only to pamper the birthday girl until she {mama hooligan} just couldn't take it anymore. The night's festivities ended with cake, family, friends, gifts, hugs, kisses, and laughter.

Yes, we had a great end to our first week of school. And we had a blast celebrating the anniversary of our firstborn {and I think our firstborn had a blast as well}!