Thursday, October 23, 2008

One last Happy Birthday!

Ryan got lucky this year and had an extra long, drawn out birthday celebration because of Mike's homecoming. When Mike left in March, we told Ryan that Daddy would be home for this birthday. Mike missed his actually birthday by a few days, which resulted in multiple celebrations. On his real birthday, he celebrated at preschool and had a birthday lunch with Grandma Kay, Uncle Dave, and Jessica, and a birthday dinner with Grandma Barb, Grandpa Pat, and Uncle Joe. On the day Mike came home, we had another little celebration with a chocolate bear cake (personally requested by Ryan!). And last Friday, we culminated the 10 days of birthday with a party at The Farm in Snohomish with some of his buddies! Whew!

The Farm was an incredible place to have a party. There were so many things to do. We stayed there for close to 3 hours! The kids got to go through the hay maze, ride in a wagon out to the fields to pick out a pumpkin, visit the petting zoo, and play with all sorts of farm toys. They had a blast! I think we may be going back next year!

All of the kids got to pick out and take home a small pumpkin.
Ryan loved playing with these diggers in the sand. That's his buddy, Adrian, behind him.

Caitlin steering the tractor.

Ryan enjoying yet another birthday treat!

Tatum, Taylor, and Ryan playing in the corn bin. It's similar to a ball bin, but with corn kernels.

2 comments:

Sarah Jean said...

Great pictures! You know the nice thing about having a party outside is that if the kids scream, run or go crazy...it's ok! :o) At least all the celebrations are over! We had 3 for Mikaelyn as well, so I totally understand!

Jenni Clayville said...

Your family is SO precious! Thanks for sharing pictures.

That corn bin looks fun! We don't have corn bins here in any of our pumpkin patches...