Today, we flew to DC with Campbell and Gigi and Papa Doc for a Spring Break trip to DC and Philadelphia. Campbell is so excited! He got to check out the cock pit and steer after we landed. And, he took his first subway ride from Reagan Airport into DC. He loved spinning around on the Metro! Dad is spoiling him with these first class upgrades… :).

Today, we went to the granite pick out our slabs.

Today, we took Campbell to Target to spend some of his birthday money. :). He picked out a new game, Ghosted. He also picked out a treasure dig. Super fun.

Fun playing with the neighborhood kids. :). Laser tag, crazy cart, and hip-hop jewelry. 🙂

Today is the special 1st Grade Hip Hop performance. The kids are so excited!

Dress up day at school today! 🙂 Slytherin tie.

Today, we went to Pro Source. We’ve been looking at flooring options. Campbell loves to go and work on design ideas. 🙂

Later, we went to the home show at the Agricenter. Campbell had so much fun! And, we even ran into a school friend – Jane Gwin!

Campbell is enjoying being a magician and showing off his magic tricks. 🙂

Campbell was excited about his new magic set from Allison & Clint. :). And, Rainbow is the sweetest upside down baby. 🙂

Fun in iLab today working on solids. And, mom got to be the Tuesday reader for Campbell’s birthday!

Today, we went to the Arkansas capitol, where we saw several cool memorials.

Afterwards, we went to see Historic Old Mill, which is a replica that appeared in the opening scenes of Gone with the Wind. It was really beautiful and surprisingly cool!

Later, we had a few more birthday surprises when we got home. First, mom added some new Harry Potter stickers and put lights behind Campbell’s cool hogwarts artwork as a special surprise! And, Campbell got to open Pat-Pat and Bing’s birthday present – a new baseball glove! He was so excited! And, mom and dad also got him a laser tag set!

We stayed at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock, which Campbell loved.

Then, we went to the Children’s Museum, which was also super fun.

Later, we went to the Historic Arkansas Museum! Campbell especially loved the children’s play and dress-up area.

Campbell’s 7th birthday! Today we went to see the USS Razorback, a submarine that was used from WW2 through the Vietnam and then later by the Turkish Navy.

Campbell had an awesome time touring the submarine and talking to the veteran volunteers who were there. One of them even gave Campbell a cool Razorback challenge coin. And, he got a cool pilot hat. :). We also got to tour a tug boat used at Pearl Harbor. We had an awesome time!

Later, we went to the McArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, which was also super-fun!

But, the highlight of the day was going to the Clinton Museum. It was not very crowded, and we got to have a lot of time by ourselves in the mock up of Clinton’s oval office. The docents and guards were so nice and even let Campbell sit behind the desk for a picture. He asked all about the resolute desk and told them everything that he knew. :). It was super fun!

Later, we opened presents in the hotel room. 🙂

Then we went out for supper at the fancy hotel restaurant. We played Campbell’s new favorite game: Five Crowns, and everyone was so impressed with how good he was at dinner. He even tried some new things.

After supper, we had dessert in the room and lit one of the fun birthday candles that he loves. He went to sleep a very happy and tired 7-year-old. And one who insisted the candle sleep right next to him.

Today, we picked Campbell up from school and went to Little Rock for a long birthday weekend, which was super fun.

Campbell’s last night as a six-year-old!

Fun at the golf course.

Campbell loves to see dad on FaceTime when he’s traveling.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Especially to Pat-Pat. 🙂

Today was Campbell’s 7th birthday party. We had a nerf gun party in the park. The original date was for yesterday, but the weather was so cold, so we decided to move it to today.

We had so much fun. Each child got a a fun favor bag with a nerf gun, safety goggles, extra nerf darts, nerf gun temporary tattoos, and a wristband to hold extra ammunition. We bought some fun inflatable barricades that the kids loved playing with. It was wonderful, and everyone had such a great time. We even got Campbell a special nerf gun vest to wear since he was the birthday boy. :).

Later, Campbell loved playing with one of his birthday presents – an archery set from Julie & Tracy!

Campbell is helping to test out the gear for his nerf gun birthday party. :). His party was supposed to be today but it was so cold, we moved it to tomorrow (which has a nicer forecast!).

Campbell got to open an two early birthday presents from Gigi and Papa Doc! James Bond Cluedo and a 007 shirt! 🙂