Ethan's birthday party

June 19 - cloudy with a chance of a pool party.  Lots of Ethan's friends and their sibs showed up at the Mounger pool for a pool party to celebrate Ethan's 5th birthday (yes, his birthday was April 19, but in Seattle you can't have a pool party in April).  I stayed up late building a tie fighter that turned out to be almost as big as the cake (oops).  A little rain, but all went well.  Hot gifts: spy glasses (bulb went out in about 10 minutes, but good fun), Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn books, Lego Buzz Lightyear.  Willa is a huge fan of a ball that has a voice recorder.

Birthday

Well, Ethan had his 4th birthday at Pump-It-Up as planned. Many of his school friends and Nick and Parker showed up. Cupcakes were a hit and bouncing was fun. Here are some photos from the event.

It was tough to wait for everyone to arrive and the party to start.

Birthdays

Birthdays are coming up - OK not really, but when you are a obsessive, a planner, and a little anal, they are. Current plan is that Ethan is going to have a party with his kid friends at Pump It Up (http://www.pumpitupparty.com/) and Willa will be doing a cupcake thing at home. Ethan will also likely do a cupcake thing at home with grandparents and other family members the day before.

On the present front, they are likely to each get the same thing from us - scooters (http://www.kickboardusa.com/mini-kick-scooters), although there is some thought (according to Ethan) that Willa would like a kitchen, so we'll see.

If she does get a toy kitchen, it will be interesting to see if she stops thinking the stove is a jungle gym while I am trying to make dinner.