She turned 4 years old on Wednesday, but Brenna had her birthday party the weekend before. She had a Tinkerbell party. She is obsessed with anything Tinkerbell. She had such a fun party. She had a bunch of her friends over and they had a blast. They got to play on the trampoline and swingset for awhile while we waited for everyone to get here and then they played some games.
I made my own Tinkerbell Bingo game and they had to color the picture of Tink that matched the one I was holding up. Most of them decided to color all the pictures at once....I guess we have to wait awhile before they're ready for Bingo night. But they had fun doing it and once they got the hang of what to do they were so excited when they actually found the right picture.
After that game was done we played "Pin the Flower in Tinkerbell's hair." I bought a regular Tink poster and then told them to put the flower in Tink's hair, after I blindfolded them and spun them around a few times.
Then, finally, it was time for the cake. Brenna was so excited to finally be able to blow out her candles and have some cake. She got a little upset when the other kids decided to help blow out the candles so we had to relight them and let her do it. Jason was disappointed because he bought some trick candles that are supposed to not blow out but they blew out of course in one breath. That's what he gets for trying to be tricky.
While everyone was eating cake Brenna got to open her presents. I think she made out like a bandit this year. Her great-grandma McQuiddy got her a Hooked on Phonics game, which is great because Brenna loves to do stuff like learning her letters and drawing them and doing the sounds. She got TONS of Tinkerbell stuff like pens, paper, dolls, bracelet, and a Tinkerbell dress-up set (which she wears everyday). Plus she got of dress up accessories and coloring stuff. Everything she got she absolutely loves!!! Sometimes she'll get presents that I wonder what the people were thinking that got it for her but this year everything she got was wonderful!
For her actual birthday we got her a new bike. She has been wanting one for a while now but we have been waiting until she gets the basic idea of what to do with a bike. She was so excited because she got to pick it out. She now wants to ride it everyday. She is still getting the hang of how to stear but she's getting better.
We went swimming at the pool at my sister's apartment complex. Ian wasn't a fan of the water because it was a bit cold, but he did take a nice snooze. He looked so cute in his little swim shorts. He reminds me of those guys you see on the beach with no tan and a pot belly but still strutting their stuff. He's going to be a regular beach bum. Hopefully when it's warmer he'll like itmore. He loves playing in his bath water so I'm sure he'll like the pool too.
This was the first time that Brenna got to swim by herself (with arm floaties of course) and she had a blast. She figured out the whole swimming thing pretty good and had no problem propelling herself around the pool. She didn't want to come out of the water once she was in. She kept pretending that we were all different animals and then she would come rescue us. It was so cute. I can't wait till it warms up and she can get a lot more practice in swimming.
Ian doesn't like the sun shining in his eyes so we picked up some cool shades for him. He actually likes wearing them and smiles as soon as we put them on him and doesn't even try to pull them off.
Yummy!!! The past few weeks we've started Ian on baby food, he's been eating cereal for about 2 months now. His favorite is sweet peas. He wolfes down a whole jar of it. He also likes green beans and mixed veggies. I slipped him a taste of my mashed potatoes one day and he couldn't get enough of those. I also let him try some of my banana and boy was he excited for that one. He does really well with eating the baby food and usually doesn't spit it out, except when I took the picture but of course you have to have a messy face when you take a picture of a baby eating.
