Saturday, January 21, 2012

Kevin and Kira's Little Gym Birthday Party

   Today we had Kevin and Kira's birthday party at the Little Gym! They have both been looking forward to this for weeks. We had 23 kids that came  ranging from 2-6 so it was a packed house. The kids were all running around like crazy people. It looked like they were all having a great time. The Little Gym girls who organized the party did a wonderful job. They played a few games and activities like Duck Duck Goose (Kevin's choice), Smack the Birthday Cake, the air log, the parachute, and various dances to different songs.
  Duck Duck Goose was pretty funny. It was very unorganized no thanks to the kids.....and half of them had no idea what they were doing :) A child would be picked run around the circle 3-4 times instead of one, knock each other over, etc etc. It cracked me up. Kira picked Kevin to chase her and he knocked her over. She fell hard, started screaming, and didnt want to play anymore. That is pretty much when the girls wrapped it up. Next, they played Smack the Birthday Cake. This is when the kids would run and knock over two big mats. This seemed to be all of the kids favorite. They all sat against the wall pretty patiently for their turn....while cheering each other on. Everyone got to go twice. The parachute was fun too. They played all types of games with it. Kevin and Kira got to sit in the middle while all the kids spun them around and sang Happy Birthday. Then they all went underneath the parachute and sang Happy Birthday again.
   When all the games were done....it was birthday cake time. Kevin and Kira picked a Mickey and Minnie Mouse cake which turned out really cute!! They were both really sweet with each other during cake time. I loved the way they were looking at each other and smiling. We have it all on video :) They were so excited for their cake. We sang Happy Birthday and Kira blew her candle out and then Kevin. Right after Kevin turned to Kira and gave her a big hug :) We decided to open presents at home to avoid all the chaos. It was a wonderful day and an awesome party!!


Duck Duck Goose


Cohen, Drew, Will, and Kevin

Abigail, Kira, Ava, Jocelyn, and Anna

Kevin doing a hand stand

Some of the gang

Smack the Cake

Kira and Faith



Singing Happy Birthday the first time

Brady and Kevin

 Happy Drew







Ryan



Kira blowing out her candle

Kevin blowing out his

YUMMMM!!!!

The loot










Drew

The mess!!

Monday, January 16, 2012

Ninny Free

I wanted to write about this earlier but I forgot! Kira has been ninny free for about a month now!! Yeah!! I wanted to wait until we got back from NJ and tell her we forgot them there....but I totally forgot. So that obviously didnt work. One day shortly after she was asking for her ninny around 12 noon. I told her no and that she had to wait until her nap. She threw a huge fit asking for it over and over again. I figured this would be a great time to get rid of it for good. So I told her there were no more ninnys and Santa took them to give to all the little babies that were crying and didnt have one. She obviously wasnt buying it and threw an even bigger fit. We put her down for her nap without it. Kira of course cried and carried on asking for her pacifier. She even took a shorter nap that day. Not sure if it was because she didnt have the pacifier or not. Night time was the same routine...crying and screaming for her ninny. This went on for a few days. It was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. She only really asked for it when she was tired and grumpy. As of today...she still does ask every once and a while....but its getting better and better. We conquered that battle and Im definetly glad its OVER!!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Kevin's 5th Birthday!

His birthday crown
  Today is Kevin's 5th birthday! 5 years has officially flown by!
   Yesterday he celebrated his birthday with his preschool class. The teacher gets the class Krispy Kreme donuts and they sing Happy Birthday. He got a birthday crown, card, and his five candles. Kevin was so proud of all of these. He wore his crown all day into the next day (which was his real birthday). Every where he went he carried his card and candles and wore his crown. I loved that he was so proud. We counted down to his birthday on the calender. We started the weekend before and crossed off days until the 12th. It was a fun way of teaching him and he had    lots of anticipation for his big day. After today we are going to cross off the days until his Little Gym party on  January 21st.

My Birthday Boy!!
Kevin got a little snow on his bday!
       We started off the big day by going to the gym. Mommy wanted to get her work out in....but I didnt feel to bad because he got to play with his friend Will in the childcare. After the gym we went with Ms. Becky and Will to McDonalds for lunch. This was Kevin's pick. We were suppose to go to the park but it was FREEZING...we even woke up to a little snow on the ground. Figures because every other day this was was in the 50's!! Despite the weather we had a nice lunch complete with a birthday ice cream! When we got home it was time for a nap because we had to get ready for his big birthday dinner at Steak N Shake....Kevin's pick again. He loves this place....plus they give you a free birthday ice cream sundae....so its pretty awesome! Kevin got his regular....sliders and french fries. We put our cars together and decorated them at the table and then came time for dessert. We sang Happy Birthday quietly to Kevin....because he didnt want us to sing loud. He blew out the candles on his ice cream sundae and him and Kira totally demolished it :)  When we got home it was present time. Kevin was so happy with all his gifts. I could really see it on his face. Mommy, Daddy, Kira, Ryan and Drew got him the Leap Pad, Angry Bird stuffed animals, a bean bag chair, an Angry Birds pad to write his words, and some Discovery Kids books. Grammy got him a racing car night light and rain boots, and Grandma and Pop Pop got him some games for his  Leap Pad.

Kevin is the most caring, loving, sweetest little boy in the world. He has brought so much joy to our lives. Im so happy to call him mine :) There are definetly great things to come for him in the future!! We love you Kevin!! Happy 5th Birthday!
 


Kevin, Mommy, and Ryan

Kevin and Drew

Kevin's bday present from Benson

Lunch at McDonalds

Kira, Will, and Kevin

Kevin and Drew

Kevin and Mommy

Birthday dinner at Steak n Shake

Daddy and Kira


6:12pm he's officially 5!


Birthday sundae



Ryan and Drew


Demolished ice cream sundae

Presents


Angry birds






Leap Pad games from Grandma and Pop




He's 5!


Car night light from Grammy