Anyways, I think he had a really fun birthday! I made Chocolate Chip Muffins for breakfast for him this morning, and then we made his cake. Of course he picked out the confetti cake with the sprinkled frosting!! But it was cute and he had fun helping me mix it up and put the sprinkles on. The rest of the afternoon was pretty laid back (mostly because mommy spent all her energy cooking in the am), he got to play some Wii and watch Ghost Adventures (the new favorite show!!) He also played outside some while Daddy was grilling up dinner - Hot Dogs and Corn on the Cob!! YUMMY!!! I think it was a favorite dish for everyone - not just Riley!! Even Jayce has a new-found love of Corn-on-the-cob.
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| Making a wish |
We had some a week or so ago, and Riley left a bunch of corn on his cob, so Jayce went over and finished it for him. It was so cute, so tonight we gave him his own cob. And I think he ate more of it that Riley did of his!!
After that it was off to get his birthday present . . . well, the last part of it at least! We finally decided to get him a fish tank for his birthday, we've been promising to get him one for a couple years now. So this weekend we went and got all the tank stuff. We set it all up and let the water balance out, then today we went and picked out a couple fish. We got Cardinal Tetras, and I think they are really pretty! We only got three, we want to make sure that the tank and everything is set up ok before we spend a fortune on fish only to have them die a couple days later!!! Here's some pics of the whole set up process:
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| filling the tank |
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| Putting in the Pirate Decor |
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| All Ready for Fish |
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| Picking out the fish |
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| Our Cardinal Tetras |
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| We hope they like their new home!! |
Riley is so cute about the whole thing!! The first morning the tank was set up (with no fish) he still got up and went downstairs first thing (without turning on the TV first!!!!!!) to see his tank! He also wouldn't let us put up the background we bought for it, instead he drew some pictures of himself and taped them to the back of the tank for the fish! So cute!! Now that we have fish in there it will be fun to see how he does! He's already so excited that he's responsible for turning on and off the light and feeding the fish.
Jayce really likes it too. I think he's going to enjoy staring at them as much as Riley! He was so cute in the store tonight! Last time we let him run around and it was exhausting trying to keep up with him, so this time I strapped him into the stroller and parked him in front of a tank with about 10 sucker fish and some betas. He stared at that tank for nearly 10 minutes without a peep while we picked out the fish!!!
Riley's party is still coming up though. A couple more weeks before we invite all the friends over for a Big Splash!!! Now the Countdown begins for that!!!
Some other things we've been up to - this week we went to the splash park with Greg and Jaxon. The boys had so much fun!! It was a nice warm day and the cool water felt good, maybe even a little cold! And this weekend Daddy has another Race! Good Luck Daddy!!! Next week Daddy has a business trip, so Mommy has to hold down the fort all by herself! Ahh, she's a little nervous!!! Her energy level hasn't been the greatest . . . especially into the evenings, so we'll see how this goes! Then the week after that is VBS!!! Wow, how time flies!!! By then we'll be halfway through June - where has this year gone!!!
Some other notes: there's some things going on with the blog, if anyone is having trouble viewing it let me know. I've had a few people with issues, but I'm not sure what the problem is. Also, Kodak Gallery is closing. It will no longer hold pictures, and I won't be able to upload anymore albums. However, everything is SUPPOSED to transfer automatically to Shutterfly. I have no issues with this, except that I'm not as familiar with Shutterfly. This changover is going to happen in the next few days, so I haven't done an album for May yet. It will be late as I figure out Shutterfly and if I need to re-send all the previous albums to people via Shutterfly, or if they have a public viewing site as well. We'll see. I'll let you all know when I get it figured out. And that's been our time in a nutshell! Have a good weekend everyone - talk to ya later!
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