We are 6!

Happy Birthday to Us, Happy Birthday to Us…

Oma woke the kids before she headed out the door for work she could wish them a Happy Birthday. As soon as their eyes were open enough they opened the gifts from each other.

Good morning Birthday People!

Cole bought Jo some toy animals to play with. She had them outside in the sand box that very day, and in the tub that night to wash them off, only to be taken back out the next day. Jo bought Cole a Pokemon ball which he as been wanting for quite some time. He carried it all day except to school. Happy kids amongst all that sleep.

Dinner
Menu:
Cole: Mac n Cheese
Jo: Blueberry Pancakes
Mmmmmm, good combination!
Mom added some cooked ham and a fruit bowl to the final meal, parent’s choice. Dale & Francis joined us for the evening and we ate and ate and ate. Because of diet restrictions Dale & Francis have not eaten Mac & Cheese or pancakes for a very long time so they really enjoyed dinner.

One small cake and a quick song. Everyone was too full from dinner…anyone want cake? Small was still too big.

Saturday Birthday Bash or rather SPLASH!
It was a family/friend affair for the afternoon and in the #*!HOT weather. Gma Marie and Gpa Norman gave the kids this cool slip n slide and then also brought a bag of squirt guns for more water enjoyment. This kept not only the kids busy, wet and cool but many adults as well. Rachelle and Oma took a turn on the slide but it was more to cool them off rather for the sliding enjoyment. Buckets of water were thrown quite a few times as well, I’m talking about the adults and not the kids. Hot, wet and fun!

Game one:

Eat the foot long fruit roll up without your hands. HURRY! It’s so hot that the rollups are melting off the clips! (note to self: not a good game on a hot day, still funny though.)

Game two:
No hands, pull as many gummy worms as you can out of the jello in one minute. Ok, this one was funny! Jo thought you had to eat the jello so that was how she was playing at first. The rest of the kids just dove right in, up the nose and into the eyes? Derian and Cole pulled out the most. Way fun.

Jo, Nick, Alexis, Cole, cousin Derian & cousin Hannah
The kids gave this game a thumbs up.

The day was a blast and way long. The kids were exhausted along with us but it sure was worth it. Cole had trouble settling down that night, not the typical meltdown from exhaustion but his excitement just made him “HAPPY” and awake. He had his new Pokemon folder in bed and kept playing with it so Mom asked him to put it under the bed so when he woke in the morning he could grab them first off. About ten minutes later he came out to the living room very concerned…
Cole: Mom, I would like my cards where I could get
them in the morning.
Mom: They are under your bed, buddy.
Cole: (huge grin on face) Oh Yeah! I forgot, good night.
Kind of thinking he actually dozed off during that ten minutes or so and woke forgetting what he had done with them. Tired boy.

Jo wanted to read her new book, we sent her to bed to do so and literally she never even opened a page. She was out.

They have both said they had a Good Birthday.