On Saturday, we had all the family over to celebrate not one, not two, but three birthdays!! Christian is now 13... a teenager...WOW! He will turn 13 on the 12th and Ben and Maddie will be 2 on the 17th. We wanted to celebrate all the birthdays this weekend since we will all be together as a family.... with our family. It was such fun to have everyone over to the new house and get both the Yeingsts and the Forests (and Aunt Michele - an honorary Forest)together again. As I type this I realize it has not been since the babies' baptism that we were all in the same place. The weather was perfect as all the kids enjoyed playing outside in the yard with the older cousins doing all the baby-wrangling. (Thank you SO much ladies!) Everyone had such a good time that Chris and I are thinking of having another family gathering soon.
Christian was so happy to have a party and blow out his birthday candles with family. We were overwhelmed with all the wonderful presents! After the unwrapping Christian could not wait to go put together his new Lego set. This morning the RC motorcycle got some attention and some battery charging. Since today is a day for indoor activities (thunderstorms) we will be forgoing the trip to the park with the new bike, but we can certainly put all the cool accessories on it!
Ben and Maddie we so excited by their presents too. They had fun tearing into the wrapping and discovering each new toy. I think the unwrapping part (bedlam!!!) was their favorite part, well, maybe that and the cake massacre!
Thank you to all who came and helped make the kids' birthdays so special and so much fun. It was truly a special day for all.
Additional photos can be viewed using the link to the right.
A special thanks to all for your help with the cleanup at the end. After everyone left I started looking around to pick up and realized that everyone brought everything in and there was so little mess I almost cried!
3 comments:
Looks like fun was had by all! Can't believe that they're nearly TWO! Glad that you're settled in enough in the new place to host a party.
I'm targeting a visit the week between XMas and New Years.
Love you!
-K
They are SO adorable Vanessa! Happy 2nd b-day Ben and Maddie!!!
When can we plan a playdate???
Thanks! We are open on 10/25. How does that work. Maybe a playdate at the Kelleher residence with little Maura or Siobhan? Can you belive she was born 40 min after I left?! I feel like the bad "aunt". *sniff* *sniff*
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