Uncle Andrew and Aunt Jen flew to Tennessee for a visit and in order to go to Jared and Lydia's wedding with Mom and Dad. The day the flew in was Grammy's birthday, Wednesday, August 3. Since it seemed like a shame not to spend Grammy's birthday together when we were so close to each other we had about meeting somewhere between TN and KY to have dinner. Then Grammy decided she didn't want the kids to be in the car for even that long (since we had such a long trip to WI ahead of us the next day) so they all decided to come up and see us! While that was really an awesome thing for them to do I did feel bad about them making that trip. Especially since Uncle Andrew and Aunt Jen had just flown in from Alaska. What can I say? Our family is full of crazy travelers!!! We wanted to make sure Grammy had a special birthday visit so we got to work first thing Wednesday morning baking a cake! The girls are getting so good at following directions, knowing what the need to do in general and working together. What a team!!! :)
Jackson was an excellent little cooperator and played on the floor by us while we were busy mixing the cake. What a good helper in his own way! :)
The girls couldn't wait to lick the beaters and they both shared with Jackson who got the hang of it pretty quickly and happily joined in this tradition for the first time! :)
After finishing off the batter everyone settled down to work on birthday cards for Grammy while the cake was baking and cooling. :)
Everyone helped decorate the cake although Missy K was nervous and wanted assistance and Jackson just liked holding the icing. :)
I put the letters out in the right order and the girls placed them on the cake together along with balloon candles they picked out. The girls also chose the flavor of the cake and icing as well as all the colors and decorations. They wanted a very special cake for Grammy! :)
Playing with or more like on Uncle Andrew or maybe it's a living indoor monkey bar???
Singing Happy Birthday to Grammy and helping blow out her candles :)
The girls both thought they were messy enough that they should have a bath in the sink. They think it's hilarious the couple of times we've thrown Jackson in the sink and always beg to get in there. I'm not quite sure why we decided to let them this time but they had a blast! I'm honestly not sure Reagan had ever taken a bath in the sink before. What little (or kind of big) goofballs! lol :)
Kennedy and Reagan thought Aunt Jen made a pretty good climbing apparatus as well... lol :)
Reagan had to show everyone how she could stand on her head. I know this isn't good and we're working on doing handstands instead, but Reagan thinks she's hilarious as she puts herself into different poses with her legs. lol :)
The last thing before they left (other than going around the circle that is) Reagan kept wanting Uncle Andrew to pick her up and drop her. Not let her fall or help her jump just hold her and drop her. My wild and crazy kids love playing with their wild and crazy aunt and uncle! :)
Thank you for making such a crazy trip to come spend Grammy's birthday with us! We appreciated it and had a wonderful time! :)
Jackson was an excellent little cooperator and played on the floor by us while we were busy mixing the cake. What a good helper in his own way! :)
The girls couldn't wait to lick the beaters and they both shared with Jackson who got the hang of it pretty quickly and happily joined in this tradition for the first time! :)
After finishing off the batter everyone settled down to work on birthday cards for Grammy while the cake was baking and cooling. :)
Everyone helped decorate the cake although Missy K was nervous and wanted assistance and Jackson just liked holding the icing. :)
I put the letters out in the right order and the girls placed them on the cake together along with balloon candles they picked out. The girls also chose the flavor of the cake and icing as well as all the colors and decorations. They wanted a very special cake for Grammy! :)
Playing with or more like on Uncle Andrew or maybe it's a living indoor monkey bar???
Singing Happy Birthday to Grammy and helping blow out her candles :)
The girls both thought they were messy enough that they should have a bath in the sink. They think it's hilarious the couple of times we've thrown Jackson in the sink and always beg to get in there. I'm not quite sure why we decided to let them this time but they had a blast! I'm honestly not sure Reagan had ever taken a bath in the sink before. What little (or kind of big) goofballs! lol :)
Kennedy and Reagan thought Aunt Jen made a pretty good climbing apparatus as well... lol :)
Reagan had to show everyone how she could stand on her head. I know this isn't good and we're working on doing handstands instead, but Reagan thinks she's hilarious as she puts herself into different poses with her legs. lol :)
The last thing before they left (other than going around the circle that is) Reagan kept wanting Uncle Andrew to pick her up and drop her. Not let her fall or help her jump just hold her and drop her. My wild and crazy kids love playing with their wild and crazy aunt and uncle! :)
Thank you for making such a crazy trip to come spend Grammy's birthday with us! We appreciated it and had a wonderful time! :)
It was a WONDERFUL birthday and the cake was FANTASTIC! I am one lucky Grammy! xoxoxoxo
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