April 1, 2008

• Party Time!!

  For Anna Kathryn’s birthday, I asked her which friends she loves to play with the most, and she listed out five or six from her Mother’s Day Out class, and a few friends from church. Along with her cousins, that made for at least fifteen invitations, so we decided such a fun party was more than our little house could handle. Jumpin’ Jax gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse. They provided a party room, bought the pizza and balloons, and handled all the clean-up; all I had to bring was the cake. We also got a good, solid hour of playtime.

  We got there thirty minutes early, and waited out in the hallways. The twins found a little riding toy, and followed each other up and down the halls learning how to share.

  

  Anna Kathryn’s friends arrived, and they ushered us to a play area. The kids knew what to do.

  

  This was a high climbing “wall”. It was indimidating to slide down the other side. Here’s Brayden thinking about it.

  

  The uncles enjoyed watching–they might have jumped a little too, in the name of helping the kids have fun.

  

  There’s Uncle Matt on the right–back from Afghanistan!! My church girlfriends thought he was one of my brothers, probably because Matt got the tall genes in his family.

  

  Sarah, 8 months pregnant, chose not to jump on any inflatables. I can’t imagine why!

  

  Stephen, as usual, was less brave and preferred to run around on the floor laughing. I grabbed him and got him to try a big slide, and he LOVED it.

  But that was enough for Stephen–he found a spot on my lap that Anna Kathryn immediately challenged.

  

  William had a great time playing on everything. He couldn’t get enough of it, and didn’t seem to care a bit when he got knocked down by bigger jumpers.

  After play time, we went into the party room for pizza and cake. Anna Kathryn got the Princess for a Day chair, but wouldn’t wear the hat. I thought it looked a little scary myself.

  

  

   

  Anna Kathryn asked for a pink cake. I decided to get her a Disney Princess cake, since that’s the kind of nighttime pullup she wears (and loves), and also the chair, beach towel, and swimsuit she got from Laila and Jack.

  

  

  After cake, we all gathered on the floor mats in the corner and opened presents. Anna Kathryn received some build-a-bears and Polly Pockets, both of which have opened up a whole new world of playthings in our household. She also received a trunk of princess dresses from Omie, some fun games, and other little girl things. She’s been playing constantly for days now, and her mommy couldn’t be more thrilled!!

  everybody got to bring a balloon home, and Anna Kathryn got this one:

  

  

  Stephen couldn’t get enough of the balloons. He was fascinated.

  

  When we got home, he fell asleep in his bed with a balloon string held in one hand, the balloon floating quietly above him. Here are some quickie fun shots of stephen and his love for balloons.

  

  Thank you to all of Anna Kathryn’s friends who came to her birthday party. We had a GREAT time!

  

  L-R: Elaine, Anna Kathryn, Lauren (back), Molly (front), Austin (back), Sam, Erin, Jackson (back), Brayden, Ella, Annaliese (behind), Chloe, and Emerson.

   

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