Wow - lots of pictures this post. Today is Eric's 8th birthday! I can't believe he's already 8! We had a party for him on Saturday (the only day it didn't rain last week) and it went well. Before his party the kids had baseball games:
Aubrey's game started 20 minutes before Eric's game. By the time Eric's game was finished, we had a 1/2 hour to run home and set up for his party. The guests started to arrive 10 minutes early, and for a good while there, it was mainly girls. Yep. His teacher's right, Eric loves the girls. When we were writing out the invites I asked Eric how many people were in his class. He started to guess the number. I then told him to draw out on a piece of paper where everyone sits, then I will count the desks. It worked. There were 31 desks. I saw one desk all by itself in the front of the room by the wall. I asked Eric if that is where the teacher sits. "No. That's MY seat. Mrs. Bean sits right next to me." Wonderful.
Eric wanted a "backyards olympic" birthday party. We started out by playing belly burst with balloons.
Next is the backwards crab walk.
We did a relay race of carrying cotton on a spoon. If you dropped the cotton, you had to go back to the starting line.
Hula hoop relay.
Pass the sand.
Clothes pin drop into a cup.
Paper plane making contest. Tucker won for his original design.
Paper plane throwing contest. Eric won that. He was so excited. He told me that out of all the games, that was the one he needed to win.
He really wanted a tank cake for his birthday. He has been asking for this cake the past 3 years. I finally was able to order it early enough for the store to have the tank he wanted.
Jennifer enjoying some cake.
Eric and Aubrey all dressed up.
This picture does not do it justice. Aubrey decided she wanted Jennifer's hair to look like her cousin Madison. If you see the longest piece of hair, ALL of her hair was that length. Aubrey also cut in several layers into her hair. Luckily, since Jennifer's hair is curly you can't tell how bad it was cut.
Our usual Sunday picture. It started to rain while we were outside.
Finally, Eric's birthday. He got a lot of very exciting presents this year- a suit, scriptures, and cub scout uniform and book. Although it's not the "funnest" present for kids, it was still pretty pricey!
We did splurge and get Eric 2 toys. He got a star wars lego set and a light saber.
Zac's brother lives in Misawa, Japan. He sent us all a package today. Perfect timing for Eric's birthday! The kids were so excited to open up their own package.
Eric squealed, yes squealed, when he saw the uniform.
Aubrey LOVES her Hello Kitty pillow and pencil set. I don't understand the fascination with Hello Kitty but Aubrey loves it. She is always asking for Hello Kitty stuff. Matt did well!
Jennifer loves her bear too.
Eric couldn't wait to put on the uniform.
To show you how big this bear is, Lily conveniently curled up her legs for this pictures.
Okay, she caught us taking her picture.
Zac is going to kill me for posting this picture. But I say, if you don't want me to post the picture, then don't POSE for it! :)
Matt got me some beautiful Japanese bowls and chopsticks.
He got the kids a lot of Japanese candy. Everyone was immediately digging in trying the different flavors.
This is a Lilo and Stitch bar thing. Aubrey loves Lilo and Stitch. Zac wanted to document her experience with tasting it.
For the record, it smells like dehydrated fish.
It stunk up our garbage can. So gross. Thanks Matt for all the wonderful presents from Japan!
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