Dennie Kids: July 31, 2010

Highlights from today: (click here for pictures)

  • Campbell stirring at midnight last night and then stirring again at 3 but she calmed down before she had to eat a bottle
  • Mom waking up and finding Anderson in her bed but not Dad.  Apparently they had switched beds sometime in the night.  Soon Campbell joined Mom followed by Graham and then Reagan…but still no Dad!  He was finally found much later in the morning! (Not really, he showed up fairly early)
  • Breakfast for everyone while Mom ran quickly to Walmart.  Breakfast consisted of yogurt for the boys and Campbell and pb and j for Reagan
  • The morning consisted of the kids playing with toys while Mom and Dad followed them trying to keep the house fairly straight
  • Starting off our Cowboy themed birthday party with lunch at Lone Star.  The kids immediately spotted the cactus, race car and Anderson noticed that the music was “cowboy music.”  Reagan said that the peanuts tasted like candy and Anderson thought his rolls tasted like candy!
  • Meeting Pops to pick up a giant horse for Graham’s party-not a real one though.  The horse barely fit in the back of the van.  Graham couldn’t see it and kept asking “neigh neigh trunk?”
  • Campbell spent the day squealing and talking.  She is getting about as noisy as Graham.  She is as happy as she can be rolling in the floor squealing!  Wonder where she has learned to be so noisy? Ha!
  • The boys toting the horse around the house until rest time.  Reagan says she can’t fall asleep at naptime but she does not want to lay down.  Maybe because she knows that once she lays down she will fall asleep.  Her eyes were huge when Mom told her that she had missed Graham’s party tonight.  But she quickly knew that Mom was only kidding
  • A snack and movie before guests started arriving for the party.  The blow up cake, flag and banners were all ready along with the giant horse in front of the mantle.  The kids all had cowboy hats and bandanas-Lilly, Cash, Jacob, Ethan, Reagan, Anderson, Campbell and the birthday boy Graham
  • We ate BBQ and all of the fixings and then went outside so the kids could have a wild west shoot out at the Wild West Shooting Range-some empty coke cans and a stash of water guns makes for lots of fun. 
  • Next was the piñata-the Dennie kids can’t have a birthday without a piñata.  Graham has been asking about his “neigh neigh shoe” all week (Cowboy boot).  He had the first hit and everyone else followed.  We had to call Graham over when it was time for Dad to finally break the piñata-he had lost interest!
  • Next we opened presents-though Graham only wanted to stay outside and spray everyone with his watergun.  He got lots of trucks, books, big boy underwear and a lawnmower.  Then we had birthday cake.  Graham wasn’t too bothered by candles at the beginning of the week but now he is a little spooked by them.  He didn’t want too much to do with his candles but he was quick to grab a cupcake after the song.
  • Everyone enjoyed opening and playing with all of Graham’s new presents and after all of the guests left, Reagan, Anderson and Graham even made it back outside for more water gun festivities.  Reagan ended up in her underwear, Anderson in just his shorts and Graham, who can’t yet take off his clothes, wound up soaking wet! 
  • More playing with toys and reading books with Jason before bed and then bedtime for all-Graham went to sleep with his new lawnmower and Anderson went to sleep with the rest of Graham’s new trucks!

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