nick's 5th birthday was a two-fer. we decided to forego the big, hoopla-palooza big bash style favored by so many of his classmates, and instead did the old school down-home family style version. uncle brent flew brenden and emily down to nana and pop's for the celebration, and to make it even better, we kept it a surprise! brenden and emily helped decorate nana & pop's and nana made a fun pirate-themed birthday cake.
we kicked off the celebration with lunch at the rainforest cafe...
later that day we had the extended family over for a big dinner and...yummy cake...
...the opening of presents...
...and a little calorie burning fun on the trampoline.
unfortunately...nick did suffer a minor leg injury and we ended up at the ER monday morning :o( {not that it was uncle brent's fault or anything...just happened to be a fun pic! nick says it happened when daddy was jumping with him, and daddy has since been banned from the bouncing ballyhoo}
thankfully, there wasn't anything major wrong with the little dude's leg and a nice ace bandage did the trick!
part deux of nick's birthday was a month after the fact when we went to the great wolf lodge with our good friends the dutton's. here's nick and his partner in crime trevor just after the fun began...
we went last year just the 3 of us for daddy's & nick's combo birthday, and yay for nick - he grew and was able to go on more of the slides this time! not to mention, having a friend to run around and play with there was a bonus!
sweet blair bear enjoyed herself as well. she was pretty funny trying to walk in the water with water shoes on...she kept lifting her feet up as high as possible with each step!
we had a yummy pizza dinner and hung out in our jammies...
...then all went down for the evening story time in the hotel lobby where the kiddos all got to meet wiley...
they say it's a balmy 80 degrees inside the water park, but it's a little teeth chattering for me...and nick agreed. shivers or not, we had to drag him outta there kicking and screaming for more! we had so much fun, we've decided to make it an annual event with the dutton's and we're going back in january for trevor's birthday!
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