Saturday Fun

Well, we all went to the ETSU football game today, but it started raining halfway through the second quarter.  So we headed home and rested up for a friends birthday party. 

Here's Ben riding Patches the Pony!

And Anna on this cool swing called a Swurfer - you can stand up on it and act like you're surfing.

They had a ball jumping in the bounce house, decorating pumpkins, going on a scavenger hunt and just playing with their buddies!

Only 17 more days until...

...our Disney cruise!!  Ben and Anna are so excited, even though they only have an inkling of how much fun a cruise with Mickey and Minnie mouse and all the friends will be! We made this fun countdown calendar yesterday, and will take a link off the chain every day until the big day gets here.

Birthday Girl

Anna had a BIG time celebrating her 4th birthday!  First we had a "Fireman Sam" party for her at our house.   

She wore her fire fighter boots & shirt, and mommy made her a fire truck cake, just like from her favorite show!

A big surprise for her that day was a fire truck bouncy slide that we rented for the party...it was a huge hit, of course.  

The kids played games, ate cake, and had a ball.  

On her actual birthday, she had a great day at school.  

Minion cupcakes for the class, and Daddy came, too.

Then it was off to Chuck E Cheese for a pizza dinner and fun games with the family.

Whew!  What a fun day for our sweet girl!

Birthday Boy

Just a little belated...but I wanted to share. In keeping with Ben's obsession with garbage trucks lately, he had a garbage truck-themed party at our local Hand's On Museum.  We had a few party games, dug into Ben's garbage truck cake and then everybody had a ball running around the museum playing. Perfect party!!

Here is Anna, pinning the garbage bag on the trash truck!

Ben and his best buddy Jaxon.

Later at home on the actual day, we celebrated more!  A fun trip to the library for Touch a Truck Day, and then dinner with tech while family where they serve his favorite dessert - a cookie in a skillet with ice cream...yum!