Monday, August 16, 2010

Xander's Birthday Celebration part 1

Well, Xander turned 5. He had a fun filled weekend of celebration, starting with his party at the park. We went to the Castle in St. Joe and played with *most* of his cousins.

peaking from way up high





Lane is an excellent climber.

The boys taking the stairs up to the double swings

The girls were already up there swinging away


The birthday boy playing in a big old puddle which was deposited the night before when a huge thunder storm came by. That storm also cooled our day down by about 15 degrees. It was still pretty hot though!
The blond babies in the puddle

Grammy's HERE!


Grandma didn't play in the puddle, but she did watch :)

Xander passing out bubbles to his cousins.

blowing bubbles


Papa blew bubbles for the babies


Kole got the knack for blowing, though I think he also ate quite a few bubbles :)

Xander's cake was Star Wars, so he was reenacting a battle before Luke and Darth Vader went onto the cake.


While exploring the castle the kids were very disappointing that they couldn't open these locks and go inside to explore.

Isabella reading the sign that told us all that the castle use to be a restaurant. I don't know how many times I've been there and apparently never read that.

More water play



Lucas was a huge fan of the water



Cake time!

and mostly frosting


Kole stuck his arm in the frosting while I was passing out plates. Grandpa got him cleaned up, though that lovely food coloring stained his arm pretty good.


Happy Birthday to yooouuuuu!




Grammy was graciously pouring water down the backs of hot kids.

Presents!!




A lovely beginning to a birthday weekend!

2 comments:

annie said...

that park really is great. I never knew it was a reastaraunt either!
All those cousins are starting to look old. Weird.
Love the picture of Faron blowig bubbles...the one on top of his hat is good.

Grandma H said...

We had a good time and Aunt Vera caught it all on film. That is the most interesting park. All the kids were having a wonderful time investigating it. Alexander missed his sword that got kicked under the car seat by mistake. UGH... but he was pleased with his gifts just the same.