Birthday Party Central

2 Years, 18 Weeks



Such is the life of having friends with kids ~ there's always a birthday party to be had.

And this past weekend was no exception.

Here are the highlights:

• Sabbath we attended church.  Proud to say we arrived on time for once!  We had been invited by our neighbors the Mahavirs over for lunch afterwards. Their eldest was turning 11 and they had a bouncy house water slide for the kids and homemade Indian food for the adults.  They had us at homemade. We planned to stay there until the kids got tired for naps.  Well, that didn't happen.  We ended up leaving just after 7, in time for baths and then bedtime!

Catching the bubbles at Sabbath School.  Note the other set of [fraternal] twins alongside.

We brought along our Cannonball Splash for the little ones.

Maddy seemed to enjoy herself...

while Kohl was content to just hose himself off!

Oh.  So.  Delicious!  Nothing like homemade Indian food!

• Sunday morning we attended Blake and Evan Bergherm's birthday party at their residence.  Jennifer had [again, no surprise] gone all out in creating what would be a stupendous carnival themed extravaganza, wonderfully decorated, with elaborate games and accompanying treats.  She is amazing at putting everything perfectly together and we all had a grand time!  

I think she could have done way more....sheesh!!

The ceiling was set up to resemble a huge carnival tent!

Step right up and play some games!

Lolo would be proud!

Braelyn getting her face painted like a mermaid's.

A photo booth with silly props?  What more could you ask for?

Trying to get all the kiddos together for a group picture meant total chaos!

And without permission Maddy, of course, decides to cool off in the fishing pond.
Kohl would follow her in shortly.  I don't know why the photo turned out the way it did...

We had a hard time convincing her that she wasn't allowed to wear her
mermaid makeup to school the following morning!

• Tuesday we had Lolo and Lala come mid-week as a treat to stay overnight and help out with the kids.  They had originally planned on coming up over the weekend but had some close friends from out of town visit last minute and wanted to accommodate them.  So they joined me and twins on Tuesday and they tagged along our usual daily routine, including going out to OJA to pick Brae up from school.   They also gave me the chance to mow the lawn, as it hadn't been done in 2 ½  weeks and was getting real obnoxious.  Lala had a meeting here in Orlando Wednesday afternoon so it worked out perfect, although the twins were real sad to see them leave!

Getting ready for a dinner of braised beef ribs and asparagus!

• The rest of our week:

Coloring some sea shells.

Time at the play park.  This was after Maddy's accident, caused in part by her brother.  
He had tripped and crashed into her, causing her to fall on the sidewalk badly scraping her elbow.

Kohlden being a sweet brother!

Another reason to visit Costco:  free cookie samples!

Going on a cruise around the house courtesy of little sister.

Taking a break and watching Dora the Explorer.

Maddy's injury of the week:

She put on a pouty face to show her boo-boo.

And this was when she thought I was done taking the picture!  Such a diva!

Randoms:

Another sad milestone for the minvan.  :(

Oh yeah?  Well MY truck can haul SIX trailers!  Seriously?

Dishes:

Some exotic fruits:  Rambutan and Jackfruit.

Pan fried tilapia with garlic mashed and basil foam.

Ahi tuna [rare] and roasted beef marrow.  

Quote:

• Maddy has continued to develop her vocabulary, faster than her brother, and has started to string multiple words into complete sentences.  One evening we were in the nursery and she had forgotten some toy in our bathroom so she looked at me and said, "Wait here.  I'll be right back!"

Good night!!

Have a great weekend!