Sunday, August 19, 2012

Party Time

Birthday party options here in Prescott are limited. The YMCA gymnastics facility is an obvious choice. The kids always have a great time. It was our friend's Alanah's birthday this past weekend and she chose the Y. Emily had a joint party with her and a few other friends there 4 years ago. You can read it here. Oh my gosh, she was so tiny. Emily no longer wants a joint party. She wants the focus to be all on her.

But Saturday was all about Alanah. It was a great party and she invited all our friends from the hood.
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Emily was having fun.
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Ben was showing off his best Spidey moves.
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Yeah, he seriously thinks he's Spiderman. He was spinning webs if you don't speak Spiderman.

My girl looking pretty.
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I was curious what Noah would do. He's never been in any type of organized class and even though this is a bit more relaxed, the coaches there try to keep the kids orderly. He ran down the trampoline a few times.
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On one of his attempts, he tripped over his own feet.
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We all let out a collective, "oh Noah are you okay"?  He got right up, gave us his best pout and walked off the trampline. Totally dejected.
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Could you not just eat him up? Oh my gosh. I ran right over and scooped him up. I love him.

Ben just hanging out.
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Emily and the birthday girl, Alanah, doing pull ups.
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Noah got over his embarassment and had fun with Dad.
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It was time for the rope swing, and I knew Ben was nervous.
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But, he handled it like a champ.
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Emily isn't afraid of anything.
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Ben doing the monkey bars.
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Noah was walking around like he owned the place.
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See, she has no fear.
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David tried to put Noah on the parallel bars. He has fear.
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He looks so freaked out.
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And happy to still be alive and have his feet on the ground.
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There is no air conditioning in this gym. Just a swamp cooler. In Arizona. In August. Let me just tell you, it's not a dry heat in August. The kids were a hot mess. But, it was time for cake and presents.
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Then back to playing on the rings.
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When Emily and Ben took gymnastics here, Emily used to only go up about 10 feet on the rope. Now, she climbed the whole thing.
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And she was doing flips on the trampoline.
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This was as crazy as Noah got.
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It was such a fun party. We had a great time!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Loved the link back to 4 years ago. Emily was so tiny then and Noah was only a dream! All the pics were great. Thanks for sharing.

Love,
G.

Anonymous said...

OMG! (Goodness!) I don't know which one of those grandbabies I want to hug more! They are all 3 so precious and unique. Ben had quite the audience adoring his Spidey moves. Even Papa and I were amazed at him and Emily's talents. Give them our love, and when we get home we will celebrate Noah and Em's bdays as usual. Love and miss you guys. Papa and Grandma Suzy

Linda said...

Looks like a fun place to have a party! We never had anything like that here so pretty much most of the birthday parties were just at someone's house or the bowling alley.

The photos are great.
Love, Linda