And now we continue with Christian's birthday! This post is about his actual party!I love this sweet picture of Grandmom and Nate!
Is Nathan yummy or what?
Of course we decided to kick off the party by opening a present.
Since I didn't really plan any games I thought this might be a good activity to keep everyone busy.
It was the Gazillions bubble rocket. It's fun, but doesn't go as high as the advertisement makes you think. The kids all had fun running and jumping on that orange part to make it go up in the air. Anything with bubbles is always fun!
Then it was craft time! The boys painted trains and the girls painted little boxes/purses.
Christian started out wanting it to look like Thomas but then got too carried away with mixing colors and ended up with something rather brown/purple.
Everyone working on their painting project.
Nate's train.
Abby has become quite a little artist!
Then it was time for the pinata!
Nicholas wasn't so sure about this game but he liked it once the candy started falling out!
Everyone was enjoying their candy when all the sudden I saw....
McKenna with a lollipop! Ahhh....she's never ever had candy before and I wanted it to stay that way. Who's fault was this???
Daddy!!! He had no idea she'd never had a lollipop. She loved it, but now she knows she loves it and wants one anytime anyone else has one. Grrr.... One year olds and candy are just not a good match in my opinion. Christian didn't have any candy until his second birthday. And he never had chocolate until his third birthday. Oh well.
Time for presents! Christian was so patient waiting for this to happen and he did a great job of thanking each person for what they gave him.
Good grief he had a lot of presents!
Christian got a slip-n-slide from his cousins and it's been a big hit. I'll have to post pictures of everyone on it soon!
Christian got a new "over the track lights and sounds signal" for his train set. He got a baseball tee that actually pitches the ball to you. Daddy loved that present the best. He also got a great book with the stuffed animals to go with it and side walk chalk paint (I do not recommend that if there is a one year old anywhere around).
And here's the whole gang! Abby, Christian, Emma, McKenna, Nathan and Nicholas.
Christian doesn't actually eat real cake, so he got an ice cream cake and I found a cute little wind up Thomas to do on top with a tiny little track! It was a fun birthday! Just right...not too big, not too little. Ryan and I enjoyed it instead of being stressed out about it and that's exactly the way it should be!
Is Nathan yummy or what?
Of course we decided to kick off the party by opening a present.Since I didn't really plan any games I thought this might be a good activity to keep everyone busy.
It was the Gazillions bubble rocket. It's fun, but doesn't go as high as the advertisement makes you think. The kids all had fun running and jumping on that orange part to make it go up in the air. Anything with bubbles is always fun!
Then it was craft time! The boys painted trains and the girls painted little boxes/purses.
Christian started out wanting it to look like Thomas but then got too carried away with mixing colors and ended up with something rather brown/purple.
Everyone working on their painting project.
Nate's train.
Abby has become quite a little artist!
Then it was time for the pinata!
Nicholas wasn't so sure about this game but he liked it once the candy started falling out!
Everyone was enjoying their candy when all the sudden I saw....
McKenna with a lollipop! Ahhh....she's never ever had candy before and I wanted it to stay that way. Who's fault was this???
Daddy!!! He had no idea she'd never had a lollipop. She loved it, but now she knows she loves it and wants one anytime anyone else has one. Grrr.... One year olds and candy are just not a good match in my opinion. Christian didn't have any candy until his second birthday. And he never had chocolate until his third birthday. Oh well.Did I mention that she loved it!?!
Time for presents! Christian was so patient waiting for this to happen and he did a great job of thanking each person for what they gave him.
Good grief he had a lot of presents!
Christian got a slip-n-slide from his cousins and it's been a big hit. I'll have to post pictures of everyone on it soon!
Christian got a new "over the track lights and sounds signal" for his train set. He got a baseball tee that actually pitches the ball to you. Daddy loved that present the best. He also got a great book with the stuffed animals to go with it and side walk chalk paint (I do not recommend that if there is a one year old anywhere around). 
And here's the whole gang! Abby, Christian, Emma, McKenna, Nathan and Nicholas.
Christian doesn't actually eat real cake, so he got an ice cream cake and I found a cute little wind up Thomas to do on top with a tiny little track! It was a fun birthday! Just right...not too big, not too little. Ryan and I enjoyed it instead of being stressed out about it and that's exactly the way it should be!
1 comment:
and those candles are so cute!! i can't believe mckenna has never had a lollipop - it's the BEST bribe ever!!!
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