Jack's Real Birthday

On Jack's real birthday, Grandma and Grandpa Fish picked the boys up from school and we had a pizza party at their house. Jack got his gifts from them, his aunts and uncles, and from us. We caved and got him a Nintendo DS.

It really will be a good thing for him. Especially on the long drives in the car. We got him a reading game along with a 'carnival games' disk.

Here we are singing happy birthday to Jack. He's still wearing his crown and birthday ribbon from school. Yes, I had ordered a large birthday cake so that we could use it for both nights. That's why half is missing. Happy 6th birthday Jack!

Jack's First Birthday Party

Jack's first birthday party. We invited the kids from his class. Only about half could come because of it being so close to Christmas. It was still a great time. There aren't a whole lot of choices of things to do for a winter birthday so we chose a bowling pizza party.

Jack bowling. He did pretty well.

Luke and Logan bowled on their own lane and tore it up. They bowled three games and took it very seriously. They keep asking to go again. Their favorite game to play on the Wii is bowling so that gave them an idea of how it works beforehand.

We had lanes all to ourselves and the kids had a good time.

Then we moved down to Little Caesar's, which is connected to the bowling alley, and had a pizza party. Jack loved all of his gifts.

Jack is really into Transformers right now. I think because the kids talk about them at school. He hasn't seen either movie, but that's what he wanted. I usually make the kids' cakes, but with all the preparation for the party I caved and ordered one. It turned out very cute.

Christmas 2009

Somehow the flash makes our tree look very boring. In real life it looked much better. Here it is before the kids came downstairs.

The stockings were full. We had to leave the fireplace door cracked open. Santa ate his plate of cookies and drank the milk we left on the hearth. Grandma and Pop don't live very far away, so they came over and got there before the kids woke up. We had a few nice minutes of peace enjoying Christmas morning before the chaos.

Logan dove right in. Santa wraps each of the kids' presents in different paper so they don't have to worry about which presents are theirs. He also wraps a pile in a fourth kind of paper for all three kids to share.

Luke excited about his remote control car. These are the ones that can go on walls and ceilings. Since we have very hight walls, this was a good choice.

The boys came to show me their loot.

Posing with their stockings before unloading them. They each got a Webkinz. They are now addicted to the website about their animals.

Jack running to show Grandma and Pop his new police airplane.

Here's the cute video of when the boys first came down the stairs in the morning. It was a great day!