Tyra was lucky enough to have her baptism fall ON her birthday, so we got to have all the family that came to the baptism, over for a birthday party afterwards. We had french dip in the crock pot so it was nice and ready when we got home. Apparently everyone liked it because when I went to put it away there was only enough meat left for one sandwich (and that was most likely because you couldn’t really scoop it out of the dip with tongs)! After lunch we hung out for awhile before going outside to do the pinata. First we had the two birthday kids pose as though they were hitting the pinata, just in case we didn’t get any good pictures later. 🙂
Chloe held the bat backwards:
And after seeing Jeremy wield the bat I’m wondering if maybe I should get him signed up for baseball:
Kyle decided to blindfold Lars, and it was a good thing too. He would have killed the pinata in one swing if he were able to see it! He ended up killing it after just a few swings and Ethan never made it to bat.I was worried about how Ethan would take this, but he was surprisingly a good sport about it (VERY unusual for him, I was totally expecting him to storm off crying).
After coming back in, the kids walked around eating their candy and everyone else just kind of hung out playing checkers or chess, or sleeping. Then we decided to wake everyone up so the birthday people could open their presents. Tyra went first, and I think she liked what I got her. 😉
I got her a caboodle so that she would have a place to keep her hair brush and her sun glasses and bracelets and things like that. Kyle had a wii video game that he wrapped up for Lars, and since Liesl’s birthday was yesterday Kyle had ordered something for her as well. I think she likes it:
It is a star trek pizza slicer, and the first thing Liesl did (right after making that excited face) was text Ian to tell him about it. 🙂
After awhile we decided to wrap this party up and sing to the birthday kids so we could eat the cake. Tyra chose strawberry shortcake this year which made it nice and easy. I made the cake up ahead of time and we had the sugared strawberries ready, and so there was no icing of the cake necessary.
Crazy, busy, but very good day. Tyra was very happy, and I think everyone else enjoyed being here with us. 🙂