Monday, June 14, 2010

Birthday Parties!

It's really hard to believe, but my oldest son, Griffin, had his fifth birthday this weekend! I love him to pieces. It's so amazing to watch him grow and learn, and become his own unique individual.

My mom and my wife's mom came over on Friday for a small birthday party for Griffin, and Dina and I gave him the presents we bought for him. We also spent a lot of time Friday cleaning the house, because Saturday was the larger party with both family and friends coming over.

In total we had 31 people (adults and kids) over on Saturday. It was a crowded house, but was a good time. Griffin had a TMNT cake, which he's been wanting for months. He opened his presents and got all kinds of cool toys...we'll have lots of fun playing with them together! We originally wanted to bring the party to the carnival in town (Champlin has a carnival for Father Hennepin Days every year right around Griffin's birthday), but it was too rainy, so we took the party to the bowling alley instead. Everyone had a blast (except Rohan, who slept through the entire two hours at the bowling alley). Late Saturday night (10:15 is late these days) we woke up the kids and took them to see the local fireworks display for the Festival; the kids thought that was awesome.

Sunday was a day of recovery and cleaning, but we did get some other stuff done, too. Dina's mom and aunt came over and helped her do some gardening and landscaping in the front yard. Later that day the rain finally stopped long enough for us to take the kids to the carnival for a few rides before it closed.

All in all it was a really fun, though draining, weekend. On to the week!

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