Joseph's 7th birthday

Since we had his birthday party the week before we were able to spend Joseph's birthday as a family doing all of his favorite things.  

We started off the day with Krispy Kremes which Joseph picked out the day before after school.

 Then we commenced with the opening of cards and presents.

 Then we headed out for our day of fun.  

First stop: Jump Zone!

 Little girl slept through Jump Zone.

 Stop #2: Larry's Pizza - and we took no pictures.  But we enjoyed the pizza buffet and video games.

Stop #3: Professor Bowl.  

We have really enjoyed bowling this summer thanks to the Kids Bowl Free program which allows each child two free games of bowling each day - all summer! We paid $25 which allows Mama & Daddy two games a day as well.  

 Jake got pretty tired as we had decided to skip naps.

Stop #4: The Choo-Choo at the Promenade.  The boys have been eyeing this fun train all summer and so we made sure we had the cash on hand this visit.

 Stop #5: Big Orange!

We enjoyed a fun dinner on the patio to wrap up our family fun day.

 Daddy waved the white flag of surrender/exhaustion. 

At 7 years old Joseph is 49 inches tall and weighs 55.6 pounds.  Those measurements put him smack dab in the 75th percentile.

American Ninja Warrior Birthday Party

Joseph wanted an American Ninja Warrior party this year.  His original plan was that we would build an obstacle course in our yard.  While that sounds just plain awesome (yikes), Daddy had the idea of going to River City Gymnastics (brilliant)! Unfortunately they didn't have any openings next weekend on his actual birthday so we had his party early.  

The kiddos had a lot of fun on the various obstacle courses.

 River City Gymnastics provided all the party supplies and coaches for the kiddos.  All we had to do was bring the cake, juice boxes and goodie bags.

The goodie boxes contained "Ninja Bread Men" - thanks to our friend Alicia who had these amazing cookie cutters.  

 Joseph wanted an "obstacle course" cake.  Our cake had 3 obstacles: Quad Steps, Rotating Bridge and a Warped Wall.  The wall was the hardest to figure out.  I ended up baking a piece of curved gingerbread in a bowl and covering it with fondant.  It wasn't perfect but Joseph loved his cake and that's all that matters.

2-month Stats

Denbigh had her two-month well-visit last Wednesday and here are her stats:

Weight: 12 lbs. 5 oz
Height: 22.5 inches

According to the growth charts she is in the 75th and 50th percentiles respectively.  She is a bit smaller than either of her brothers at that age.  Apparently the title of "little sister" fits her well.

10-week cuteness

First big girl bath in the tub!! After an initial fit she really enjoyed splashing around.

 I could just eat her up - all that delicious pink-ness.

Fall Activities

We are entering a new phase in our parenting - one of trying to figure out how to get our kids to all their overlapping activities on the same night.  We have a few kinks to work out but we'll get there.

Joseph started Cub Scouts this fall and I think he is really going to love it.  

His first activity was an outdoor Fun Day that the Scouts hosted in the park.  He got to shoot a BB Gun and learn how to use a bow.  Daddy was on hand to help him with his technique.

 The same night as Joseph's first den meeting Jacob started Little Rockers soccer club.

He enjoyed playing Duck, Duck Goose . . . 

 and Red Light, Green Light.

He was pretty sweaty and tired by the time the hour was up.

Side note - check out the awesome soccer cleats I found for him!!!