Kelly's 5th Birthday Party

For Kelly's birthday, she got to pick what kind of party she wanted. She knew that Chuck E. Cheese was off the table after last year (once is enough for a while!) so once we'd established that fact, it was pretty easy to choose a gymnastics party. I think a lot of the inspiration came from Charlotte's 5th birthday party last summer, where Kelly had a great time.  She had a great time at her own party too!

Warming up

 Obstacle course

 

Alyssa was by far the youngest participant but fortunately Aunt Samantha helped out and made sure she had a great time too!

 

 Swinging on the trampoline

 Foam pit

 

Cake time

9 Months Old!

Yesterday Rhys had his 9-month checkup. He is 65th percentile for weight (21.75 lbs), 30th percentile for height (27.5 in), and a whopping 95th percentile for head circumfrence. He may look like Kelly, but he's got a huge head like Alyssa! :) In the past two weeks he has started crawling like a champ and pulling up all over the place. While our house is somewhat babyproofed from his sisters, he's showing us any areas that aren't!

Fun at the Playground

On a recent balmy weekend we had a family excursion to a great local playground, Kids Dominion. Good times were had by all!

Kids N Motion

On Monday the kids and I were off so I thought it would be fun to go to a Kids N Motion holiday open play. The last time Alyssa was there she wasn't even mobile yet so this was big fun for her. After hiking up the slides with her half a dozen times (I admit, I enjoyed them too!), she got the idea and was able to do it herself.

Sorry, the slides are much faster than the shutter on my iPhone!

Kelly and Alyssa went down once together.

Grandma came along to hold Rhys so I could help Alyssa. All the excitement around him tired him out!

Happy New Year!

After breakfast out with Grampa and Gramma Dot on New Year's Eve

Sharing Alyssa's bed

The first time Rhys pulled himself up to standing!

Christmas Eve 2011

As always, Christmas Eve was a gift extravaganza at Gramma and Grampa's house.

Rhys had a blast.  He was all smiles all night... the only time he cried was when he was ready for his nap, but then he was his cheerful self again right after it!

Sitting with Aunt Kate.

Getting ready to begin unwrapping.

It got a little overwhelming after a while so the girls needed a break!