Jumpin' Minions

We didn't have a friend birthday party this year for Jared.  Instead we had a small party with family, who came for Jared's baptism.  On his actual birthday, he requested french toast and smoothies for breakfast.  He wanted frozen burritos for dinner.  (I guess we have eaten those enough times to become a favorite...)  We had Dr. Pepper floats and ice cream sandwiches for dessert.  

He got another big Lego set as one of his presents.  Unfortunately when he opened it, it was missing pieces, so we had to box it up to be returned.  We ordered it on-line, so he was going to have to wait to get a replacement.  Alex had a different Lego set he could give him right away, but Jared said he wanted to wait for the other one.  Wow... we were impressed at his patience.  We are thinking this might be a good sign for the future... the ability to delay gratification.  He may not have done so well on the marshmallow test, but this experience was promising.  :) 

My parents and my brother and his family came for Jared's baptism.  We spent a couple of extra days with Baba and Papa.  Papa went to the beach with Alex and the kids one afternoon (while my mom and I were preparing for the weekend.)  No pictures from the beach.  The boys also were excited to play Carroms and Ticket to Ride with Papa.

It was cute to see Savannah with my dad.  She was fascinated with his head and eyebrows.  I think if she could talk, she would have asked why he had no hair on his head, but fuzzy eyebrows.  :)  Of course, she doesn't have much hair on her head yet either!

 We took Baba and Papa over to the school to show them the kids' chalk art drawings.  They had faded a bit.  Papa and the kids had fun swinging!

some of my favorite drawings...

We had a full day on Saturday.  The boys played at a local jumping place, with cousins Nicholas & Ryan.  Weston cried pretty much the whole time and refused to play at all.  The rest of them had a great time, although I didn't pay for Savannah to play, so she was probably bored.   

After that, we came back for pizza lunch and cake.  Nicholas' birthday was just a few days before this, so we had fun celebrating both his and Jared's birthdays.  Look at these silly minions!

They got to open presents from grandma and grandpa.  

After the party, the kids got some good cousin playtime before the baptism in the afternoon.