Birthday Party

Happy early Birthday Jacob!

Now I know it isn't the 25th yet, so technically he is still eight but his best friend Ben is moving and he wanted to celebrate before he left. We invited his friends that were in town to our house, and started the festivities off by flying nerf rockets outside.

You had to jump on the pump as hard as you could to make the rocket fly as high as it could.

Here is Olivia, Ben's little sister. She mustered up some big strength and made the rocket soar. We only lost one rocket to the roof (I was kind of impressed we didn't lose more). 

Afterwards we headed back inside for cake, ice cream, and presents.

I was a little disappointed this picture turned out the way it did. Oh well live and learn.

Jacob was so excited to get this game. He has been wanting it for a while. If you can't tell, it is Bejeweled card game. He also got legos and more legos and a new 3DS game, Donkey Kong.

Next was cake. Mmmmmm cake. He wanted a minecraft cake but the only store who sold one was very pricey and I am just not good enough to make one on my own (I need my Jamey!!!).

After everyone scarfed their faces with sweets we let them play Minecraft on the PC. They were ecstatic and dove straight in. We had to literally pry them away when their parents came to pick them up.

I think all in all it turned out great. I was one tired mama afterwards and was reminded why I do not like hosting birthday parties (kids have to much energy). :P

Here are Ben and Jacob showing us their true personalities. They are a bunch of goofballs. Ben will be missed, but always remembered. 

Happy Birthday Jacob you are a special and wonderful addition to our family. We love you so much and are so pleased with the young man you are becoming.

-Sarah

Bike riding pt. 1

No more training wheels!

Finally we were able to get a bigger bike for Jacob so he could learn how to ride on two wheels. He was very excited to learn and very impatient with waiting.

We packed the car with their bikes and headed to the middle school so we would have plenty of space and no cars to worry about. 

Josh is going over the basics of what to do and how to do it as well as giving him a physics lesson (you've got to love the nerd in him). It started off rocky, but Jacob was determined to learn.

He was getting there when he had an accident and hit the curb and the bike landed on him twisting his ankle in the process. Jacob was not happy and refused to get back on, so we quit for the day. Jacob says he will never get back on again, but we will see. I am going to take him back out next week and have him try again. I know he can do it.

Meagan loves her bike, but will need to have a bigger bike next year. She is growing up too fast.

-Sarah

A Visitor

A friendly visitor!

So it was like any other day I was watching the kids and they had some friends over. Olivia one of the girls wanted to play barbies with Meagan. She brought out the tub that had all the clothes and barbies in them and they began to play. Meagan was reaching in to get an outfit for Olivia when she shrieked and said there was something moving in the tub. Lo and behold we found this....

....A small little gecko was trying as hard as he could to climb out of the tub. By then all the kids came running and wanted to see the little guy. I looked online to see if we could find out what this little guy was. He is a Mediterranean gecko. I guess they are very common in the south and very hard to get rid of since most pesticides do not kill them. They are good however because they will eat cockroaches and moths and spiders (and anything that will kill spiders is okay in my book).

We played around for a while and then set him free in the grass outside out apt. Oh, and the kids named him Barbie Farbie Gecko.

-Sarah