Party Time!

It is that time of year again, birthday party time!  Wow, where does the time go?  Mason and Olivier were very excited to have a monkey gymnastics party!  It is fun to see how the group has changed as the kids have gotten older.  

They started off with stretching in the cheer room.  It is fun to run around on the bouncy floor!  

 Sadie wasn't sure if she wanted to participate yet and went between mom and her big sister!

 After warming up, it was off to the obstacle course!  They had a really big one set up with plenty of room for the kids to run around on.  And they had to be on their toes, the direction kept changing!  Mason making his way around.

 Rhys and Sadie started warming up to the activities a bit around this time.  Too much fun was being had by everyone else!

 Silly Rhys!

 And we can't forget Gus!  His dark blue pants sure got messy from the chalk writing on the trampoline.

 Matt jumped into the pit, which made Gus laugh (it was so cute!!).  Then they started throwing pit blocks at each other.  Silly boys!

 Mason had fun bouncing on this super soft mat.

 Matt enjoy the pit with the kids.  He wishes we had one at home!  :-)

 A great grin on Sadie's face!

 And Henry!  AKA the boys triplet!  Especially during the party since he was also wearing a long sleeve white shirt with a design on the front.

 I think this may be the kids favorite part, running down the tumble track into the pit.  I was able to get some great "blur" shots as the kids went down.  Here is Olivier!

 And Camille!

 And Anna!

 And Andy!

 And Eli!

 And Julie!

 And Audrey!

 And Natalie!

 And Henry!

 And Sadie!

 And Gus!

 And Mason!

Somehow I missed getting Lina jumping into the pit! Shame on me!  And I am not sure Rhys made the run and jump so I may have missed her too.  Bummer!

We then got the big group together for a photo!  I think this is the best one I got.  Anna was being silly with the noodle causing a few photos to not turn out so great.  That or Olivier was making a silly face.

 Then it was cupcake time!  And since they had a monkey party, we had monkey cupcakes of course!  We sang happy birthday and cupcakes went around.  Oddly, I didn't hear any complaints about them!  :-)

 After the party we came home and the boys opened their gifts.  Wow, two four year olds opening gifts is a bit on the wild side!  Yikes!  They love all of their gifts!  It was fun to watch them throughout the afternoon check out every gift.  Olivier tried on his Batman costume and showed us how strong he is.  So much fun!

 After eating some lunch the boys wanted to go ride their bikes since they got new helmets and accessories for their bikes.  While Daddy was getting things ready, I took the boys photo with their new helmets!  (And yes, Mason is still wearing part of his Spiderman costume, we let him keep it on except the cape.)

 Mason saying cheese!

 And the last gift the boys got big bikes!  No more tricycles in this house!  They were very excited!

 Olivier on with his new bike, with the new bell he got for his birthday.

 And Mason with his bike (and new horn which you can barely see!).

 And they were off!  They did really well riding around the neighborhood along the path.

It is exciting to watch them grow!  More to come on Tuesday for their actual birthday!  Yeah!

Color Run

Anna and I did a color "run"!  :-)  Anna was very nervous about it, not sure what to expect but once the "run" started she had a lot of fun.  Jenni "ran" with us and Anna had fun getting us all messy.  Talk about earning your shower!  Ha ha!  

To start we were nice and clean!  

 And we got our bibs and bags of colored chalk.

After the race we are rather messy but it is a bit hard to tell.  

 This close up of Anna's hair gives you a better idea of how messy we were though!

Thank you for joining us for some messy fun Jenni!

Citizen of the Month

Anna was given a special award this week at school, Citizen of the Month for showing Responsibility.  The school called to let us know she would be getting an award so we were able to see the presentation.  She was very excited!  She picked up her packet from the principal (she got a Pacheco Panther pin and pencil, along with a couple of meal coupons).  

 Then she picked up her award from Mrs. Collins and Maestra Hernandez.

 A good photo of her with the beginning of the group, showing off her award.

 And here is the whole group who got awards this month for various things.  It was great to see them so excited!

Fun start to November!

We have been busy as we begin the holiday season that is filled with birthdays!  To kick it all off we took the kids to see Jack Hanna Live at the Performing Arts Center.  They had a great time, enjoyed learning about different animals, and of course staying up late.  

As we cleared out some of the Halloween decor, Olivier decided to try these glasses on and I had to get a photo; too funny!  

It is amazing how a good haircut and wearing nicer shirts (for the Jack Hanna show) makes them look so much older!  Olivier showing off his "smile" (although it kind of scares me, ha, ha!).

Then Mason wanted me to take his photo with a pumpkin; thankfully he was kind enough to allow Olivier to join in the photo.  

 Anna then wanted her photo too!  And I think she has become a cat!  She was a cat for halloween and has been wanting to wear the pair of cat ears since, even to the show.

 Before the Jack Hanna show, the kids got to see some animals in the lobby.  It was a great experience.

 And they even got to pet this live alligator.  It was a popular stop, and I think everyone was surprised that people were allowed to pet it.

 And they learned about a peregrine falcon.  

 Very excited to get to their seats, about eleven rows back.  A great way to start of season!