Birthday party – Bowling Style

Jacob and his friend Noah have birthdays within a week of each other and they have many of the same friends, so we decided to do a joint party this year.  Actually, we were both planning parties on the same date and then decided it would make most sense and be a great idea to do it together.  So glad we did. 

 

 

They had a ton of fun.  What a bunch of goofballs.

 

On a different note, Matt and I went to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Evening last night and had a really good time.  We sat with his work because they sponsored 2 tables.  We are so excited because during the live auction we ended up buying a week at a cabin in Wisconsin this summer.  It comes with a boat and everything.  The boys are really pumped, as are Matt and I! ;)

Birthday party

Jacob had some friends over for his birthday party today.  Lots of energy!

They played some musical chairs, pin the ball in the glove, showed off their dance moves, had a pinata, and played outside.  Not sure who was more tired at the end of the day, the kiddos or Matt and I.  Matt chased and played with the boys while we waited for parents to come. 

 

Fun group of kiddos!

Jacob’s first birthday party

Jacob had 3 friends over today for a little birthday get together, and with Nolan and Connor there were 6 boys total. I’m really hoping for awhile yet that the boys will be OK with and let their brothers join in on the party. Connor has always been so great about Nolan and Jacob doing some of the stuff at his parties. I really want to instill that in them. Nothing is more important than brothers. We try to give the birthday boy and his friends a little of “alone” time also, but think it’s fun for the brothers to get involved….plus, I know that will get more difficult to control as they get older. ;) Maybe not so much with Jacob and Nolan because they are so close in age. Connor was quite the party coordinator today though…I’m thinking about hiring him out. ;) He was in his glory with the boys wanting him to help them, he helped organize the activities, even had Matt buy some metals to give out as awards for the games, etc…

They ate…….ALOT!

Jacob wanted a sports theme….

So they played many different sports. A little basketball….

Football throw…..

Air hockey…….

Even bowling (no pictures…I was busy cooking then) ….

The biggest hit though was the piñata……

These 4 boys are so cute together….they are pretty inseparable in school apparently.

We felt about as “spent” as the piñata by the end of the afternoon though.

It was a fun day! Most important, Jacob had a blast and it was so neat to see him interact with his friends. More celebrating tomorrow….the actual birthday.

And the Winner is.....(drumroll please)....Belly Boy!

We had a birthday party celebrating Jacob's 2nd (March 13) and Nolan's 1st (April 12) birthday with the family on Saturday. We had a really fun time and thank you to everyone for coming and for the wonderful gifts (that we now have to find more room for!!!) As you can see from the pictures Nolan's cake mess was a perfect 1st birthday success and Jacob is thinking "Oofta, it's hard work turning two, having a party, and eating birthday cake". (Along with "chs, wink, squint"). What a day!

Connor and I were laughing at Nolan's big belly in the bathtub the other night and now call him Belly Boy. We decided to take pictures to see who actually has the biggest belly......

BIG (Connor -actually not so big- could get alot bigger!!)

BIGGER (Jacob -has trimmed down a bit)

BIGGEST (Nolan - holy cow, what is in that thing!!!) ;)