Ninety-Fifth Passage

The boys had an awesome birthday party at a place called Bounce, in Meridian. It was pretty packed, but we still had fun. Now prepare for a bunch of pictures.
First we just played. Mostly it was just fun and sweaty, but Lydia bumped her face on Morgan's knee at one point and got a big ol' bloody nose. She was a champ about it though, and as soon as the flow stopped and she was cleaned up, she was back playing with all the other kids.

Then we did presents.

Then cake. They each chose their own. Morgan's is supposed to be the purple ninja turtle, but mixing food coloring colors didn't go as well as planned. William's cake is a ninjago character.

Then we played some more.

Morgan and William are 7, and Owen will be 5 in a couple of weeks. Happy birthday, little boys!

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Remember how I crocheted this blanket?

I intended to do a backing to hide the less pretty side, as well as a boarder to even it out a little. We finally did, with the help of David's mom and her sewing machine and skills.
I like how it turned out.

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I found my offspring like this one morning, reading a blog book of all things. :) 

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I can't resist her cuteness.

Ninety-Fourth Passage

We like to paint pumpkins instead of carve them. They kids are actually able to do it, so that's a plus. Also, not quite as icky messy. And the pumpkins don't rot as fast. Win, win, win.

Ninety-Third Passage

Last week we all went to Ontrario for a Pumpkin Palooza. Nana Sugar planted and grew pumpkins with the kids this summer so that they could enter them into this pumpkin contest. Their plants grew exactly 4 pumpkins, so they all got to enter into varying categories.
But that's not all they had there. Be prepared to be inundated with a multitude of pictures.

There was a fish pond.

We checked out a small petting zoo.

They got to experience being really strong.

They made their own piece of rope.

They briefly turned into flowers.

They helped make, and then sample, homemade apple juice. It was really yummy.

They got to catapult fish into baskets.

They tried their hand at ringing the bell with the hammer. William and Morgan were able to get the ding.

They played in a bounce house, though we didn't get a picture of it. And all of this stuff was free!
Right before we left we went to hear the results of the pumpkin contest. William had his entered in the Orangest pumpkin competition, Morgan's was in the roundest pumpkin, and Owen and Lydia entered theirs in the prettiest pumpkin bracket. There weren't a ton of pumpkins in any of the categories. And guess what?

Owen won! He got a $25 gift card to the garden store of the company that hosted the party. But since there really wasn't anything to interest a 4 year old boy there, we gave the GC to Nana, since she helped grow the pumpkins and paid the entry fees, and she gave Owen a $5 bill to spend at any store. All were happy with the trade.

Here the kids are posing with their pumpkins.

It was fun! I think it might become a tradition.