We partied hard this weekend while my husband was away on a business trip!
On Saturday we celebrated Logan's 1st birthday. The party was at a church hall filled with lots of riding toys for the kids to ride as well as a bounce house. All kinds of amazing foods, including a whole roasted pig, were served -- delicious! Big Jeff, a local celebrity among the preschool crowd, had all of the kids rockin' while he performed some well-known as well as some original kids songs. In the midst of all of the fun, we sang happy birthday to Logan and he blew out the candles on a really cool rockstar cake that my cousin, baker and cake decorator extraordinaire, created.
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Later that afternoon we helped Oliver celebrate his 4th birthday. It was an intimate party at a gymnastics center where we, coincidentally, had gone with Oliver before. The kids participated in some activities led by a couple of gymnastics instructors, then let loose with some free play on all of the equipment - gigantic blow up obstacle course/slide, trampoline, long tumble track trampoline, balance beams and floor mats. Claire especially loved the trampoline and low balance beams. Her balancing has certainly improved over the last several years! All of the guests enjoyed some snacks in the party area, then feasted on an airplane-shaped cake that Oliver and his mommy created.
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On Sunday, it was my mom's birthday! We spent the day with her, my dad, my grandmother, my sister in law and my nephews. My husband and my brother were away on a trip together so they missed out on all of the fun. Claire and Ryan always enjoy playing with my parents' toys, but today they invented their own game using clothespins! If I had to give it a name, I'd call it the "Hansel and Gretel Game" because it resembles Gretel dropping stones, then breadcrumbs when she was led out into the woods -- one player closes their eyes and the other player makes a path using the clothespins, then hides at the end of the path and calls, "Ready!" The first player has to follow the path to the end and find the other player who may or may not jump out and scare them! The kids played this game many, many times in between lunch (hamburgers) and birthday cake. Grandma, Grandpa and my sister in law even participated too! It was a fun, relaxing day. We always love going to Grandma and Grandpa's house and we loved helping Grandma celebrate her birthday!!!!
On Saturday we celebrated Logan's 1st birthday. The party was at a church hall filled with lots of riding toys for the kids to ride as well as a bounce house. All kinds of amazing foods, including a whole roasted pig, were served -- delicious! Big Jeff, a local celebrity among the preschool crowd, had all of the kids rockin' while he performed some well-known as well as some original kids songs. In the midst of all of the fun, we sang happy birthday to Logan and he blew out the candles on a really cool rockstar cake that my cousin, baker and cake decorator extraordinaire, created.
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Later that afternoon we helped Oliver celebrate his 4th birthday. It was an intimate party at a gymnastics center where we, coincidentally, had gone with Oliver before. The kids participated in some activities led by a couple of gymnastics instructors, then let loose with some free play on all of the equipment - gigantic blow up obstacle course/slide, trampoline, long tumble track trampoline, balance beams and floor mats. Claire especially loved the trampoline and low balance beams. Her balancing has certainly improved over the last several years! All of the guests enjoyed some snacks in the party area, then feasted on an airplane-shaped cake that Oliver and his mommy created.
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On Sunday, it was my mom's birthday! We spent the day with her, my dad, my grandmother, my sister in law and my nephews. My husband and my brother were away on a trip together so they missed out on all of the fun. Claire and Ryan always enjoy playing with my parents' toys, but today they invented their own game using clothespins! If I had to give it a name, I'd call it the "Hansel and Gretel Game" because it resembles Gretel dropping stones, then breadcrumbs when she was led out into the woods -- one player closes their eyes and the other player makes a path using the clothespins, then hides at the end of the path and calls, "Ready!" The first player has to follow the path to the end and find the other player who may or may not jump out and scare them! The kids played this game many, many times in between lunch (hamburgers) and birthday cake. Grandma, Grandpa and my sister in law even participated too! It was a fun, relaxing day. We always love going to Grandma and Grandpa's house and we loved helping Grandma celebrate her birthday!!!!
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