Clayton's parents came the weekend before Henry's birthday to babysit for Clayton and I to go on a date for my Christmas present. We went to Pappas Brothers Steakhouse and then to the theatre in Dallas to see Give It Up! which was phenomenal! We had ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins all decked out in Spiderman and Henry loved it! And so did we....it was yummy!
We had a good visit with Meme and Pop (thank you for babysitting)! We did a lot of hanging out and eating some good food and had our first birthday celebration with them. My parents came midweek and we had a great visit with them as well. The girls turned up sick with RSV while they were here so we did a lot of hanging out at the house. It has been five years since we've had RSV at our house (William at 5 months) and I must say that this go round of it was much easier than five years ago. Five years ago I took a leave of absence from work to be with William....it was that bad.
Here are all three of the boys snuggled up in bed with Pa one morning. My mom called me upstairs to take this pic (she had to have one of all her boys):
The last day Nana and Pa were here we took the kids ice skating at the Galleria. We didn't last too long. Henry made it around the rink once -- good thing we only have to pay for skate rentals for him! And the boys would have stayed longer but the girls and Clayton and I were t.i.r.e.d. so we ate some supper and packed it up. Here are some shots from the ice via Nana who is not a photographer but these actually were some of her best attempts (usually we don't have heads when she's behind the camera).
Charlie has gotten really good for only two times on the ice:
Look in the middle of the rink and that's Clayton and I and the girls:
And William was not as brave this time. He spent lots of time on the rails but he got out in the middle some too when Clayton or I would take him around.
My parents left on Sunday morning (Henry's birthday) and they wanted to have breakfast with the birthday boy before they left. My mom ran to Kroger to pick up fresh sticky buns and some balloons and wrecked her car on the way home. It was pretty bad. Bless her heart! But she wasn't hurt and neither was the other woman she hit. Her car on the other hand is at the body shop here getting repaired b/c it was NOT driveable after the crash. So by the time all of that happened we had sticky buns for a late breakfast.
Sunday night we headed to the capital of birthday fun, Chuck E. Cheese. The kids had a great time. There was a full house and we enjoyed pizza and cake. Actually I think they really only enjoyed playing games b/c they hardly touched any food and were just sitting on pins and needles until we finally said it's time to play!
Here's the three-year-old birthday boy:
The girls LOVED riding this horse:
I think Mary Collins would have ridden it all night long.
Look at this face! I promise he had a great time despite what this picture looks like!
This was the first time the girls really got into riding rides. They had the best time!
All in all we had a great week-long birthday celebration! The kids love spending time with their grandparents, we got to go on the best date ever, and we ate three cakes in a week....what's not fun about that? Happy Birthday to my little three year old Henry man!
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