Birthday fun!

Over the weekend we celebrated both Bailey and Clay's birthdays. Bailey's birthday was on Friday. Beau and I went into school to take balloons and goodies. We started out in the special ed room with Bailey's cute friends there. Bailey was so excited to see me with balloons and her choo choo bike! The kids had so much fun with the balloons, I decided that they each needed to keep one along with the goody bags that we brought. Next we headed down to Bailey's kindergarten room (Bailey chased her bike and yelled "choo choo" all the way down the hall). The kids were so excited to celebrate her birthday. Mrs. Beus made Bailey a laminated crown, so she wouldn't rip it, and a spotlight letter that she read to the class. The kids loved the goodie bags that we made with all of Bailey's favorite things.

That night we had a party for Bailey. She was so excited when everyone came to her house, especially Elle and Emma. I made homemade chicken noodle soup for everyone, this is one of Bailey's favorite. Bailey reacted more to her presents than she ever has. As she started opening each one, and got a glimpse inside, she would start shaking and squealing until we helped her get it out. She loved all of the presents she got. After opening her presents, I brought in the cake I made for her. She took one look and started yelling "ORA"!! We helped her blow out the candles, then I gave the cake to her. She immediately poked her finger in Dora's mouth. The whole day was a lot of fun! Even though Bailey doesn't understand what a birthday is, she knew that it was a fun, special day for her.

On Saturday we celebrated Clay's birthday by snowmobiling into Granite Hot Springs with Clay's mom and dad. The kids had so much fun on the snowmobile ride. Bailey loved when I would slow down, then punch it to about 55 mph - the faster the better! She also loved the "puppies" on the trail. Beau said he liked going fast up the hill the best. The kids were both excited when we changed and got into the pool. They both love swimming. Beau is really becoming a great swimmer. I took his life jacket off and went with him to the deep end. I let go of him and he just stuck his head under water and started swimming (as well as a 3 year old can without lessons). When he ran out of breath, he came backup to the surface and I would catch him. He also did well at floating on his back for a few seconds. After swimming for a few hours, we had a snack and got back on our snowmobiles. Beau fell asleep about two minutes into the ride. To top off the day, Clay's Grandma Skinner made a wonderful dinner for us and invited Grandpa and Grandma Erickson to join us. The whole weekend was very tiring, but so much fun!