Hard to believe that my little boy is 6 years old today...SIX YEARS OLD!!!! Holy moly! Where has the time gone?!? To celebrate the big event, we took the kids to a water park in Brainerd and were joined by family and friends for an afternoon of swimming, pizza and cake and lots of smiles and laughs!
Bear with me, there are a lot of pics but I guess I am just making up for lost time. And there aren't many from inside the water park because I was simply too busy soaking in the hot tub with Tootie and zinging down the tube slide with both kiddos!
The Krumrei's were kind enough to make the drive up to play in the water with us. Grant was super pumped that his little buddy, Peyton was there to chum around with :)
Kyle and Meghan...sorry, Kyle, but I just had to post this pic. I love your expression! ;) Hehe!
Cousin Bailey was in the house as well!
And one more of Julie and Peyton...so cute!
Then it was time for gift opening...
And cake! Our fav...Cash Wise marble with whipped frosting. Yummers!
Little Mister huffed and puffed...
And it appears he has SIX girlfriends! HA!
Nothing like licking the frosting off of the bottom of a new snowmobile toy!
Oh wait! Lookie here...I actually WAS there!
Of course we had to spend some time in the arcade so the kids could waste a ton of money on video games, stale candy and the big hit prize...a trick pack of gum that would snap your finger when you grabbed a piece! So cheesy but super funny watching the kid's reaction!
There's cousin Emily playing the crane game, her favorite!
The boys had fun playing the race car game.
Tootie was the big winner...she won handfuls and handfuls of candy from one of the crane machines.
And she tried almost every kind she won. Can you tell she's all hopped up on sugar?!?
She stopped just long enough for a little head sugar from Daddy...
And then off to sort through her treasures! The best part was when she emptied her handfuls of candy onto the floor, picked out all of the pieces she had already tried, and knew she didn't like, and marched them right over to the trash can. Good girl...learnin' early to only consume the calories that are worthwhile!!
After everyone else left, the kids wanted to go for another dip in the water so we all suited back up and did about 20 more trips down the tube slide. It was old news to Grant because he's been to a handful of water parks but it was Tootie's first time and she loved the water slides. She loves a good rush, just like her Mommy! Next was bath time to wash off and then Grant was so tuckered out he fell fast asleep right after!
We couldn't let him fall asleep without getting a few pictures to razz him with!
Audrey was a good sport and thought it was so funny to make faces behind him while he was sleeping! Oh, and don't mind her pizza sauced face from her (almost) midnight snack!
Silly little monkey!
And finally, we had to commemorate the first hotel sleep over for both kids with a family picture.
Happy 6th Birthday, my sweet boy! We love you so much!!!
Bear with me, there are a lot of pics but I guess I am just making up for lost time. And there aren't many from inside the water park because I was simply too busy soaking in the hot tub with Tootie and zinging down the tube slide with both kiddos!
The Krumrei's were kind enough to make the drive up to play in the water with us. Grant was super pumped that his little buddy, Peyton was there to chum around with :)
Kyle and Meghan...sorry, Kyle, but I just had to post this pic. I love your expression! ;) Hehe!
Cousin Bailey was in the house as well!
And one more of Julie and Peyton...so cute!
Then it was time for gift opening...
And cake! Our fav...Cash Wise marble with whipped frosting. Yummers!
Little Mister huffed and puffed...
And it appears he has SIX girlfriends! HA!
Nothing like licking the frosting off of the bottom of a new snowmobile toy!
Oh wait! Lookie here...I actually WAS there!
Of course we had to spend some time in the arcade so the kids could waste a ton of money on video games, stale candy and the big hit prize...a trick pack of gum that would snap your finger when you grabbed a piece! So cheesy but super funny watching the kid's reaction!
There's cousin Emily playing the crane game, her favorite!
The boys had fun playing the race car game.
Tootie was the big winner...she won handfuls and handfuls of candy from one of the crane machines.
And she tried almost every kind she won. Can you tell she's all hopped up on sugar?!?
She stopped just long enough for a little head sugar from Daddy...
And then off to sort through her treasures! The best part was when she emptied her handfuls of candy onto the floor, picked out all of the pieces she had already tried, and knew she didn't like, and marched them right over to the trash can. Good girl...learnin' early to only consume the calories that are worthwhile!!
After everyone else left, the kids wanted to go for another dip in the water so we all suited back up and did about 20 more trips down the tube slide. It was old news to Grant because he's been to a handful of water parks but it was Tootie's first time and she loved the water slides. She loves a good rush, just like her Mommy! Next was bath time to wash off and then Grant was so tuckered out he fell fast asleep right after!
We couldn't let him fall asleep without getting a few pictures to razz him with!
Audrey was a good sport and thought it was so funny to make faces behind him while he was sleeping! Oh, and don't mind her pizza sauced face from her (almost) midnight snack!
Silly little monkey!
And finally, we had to commemorate the first hotel sleep over for both kids with a family picture.
Happy 6th Birthday, my sweet boy! We love you so much!!!
Aw happy birthday! :-) and I love that last family picture~
ReplyDeleteGreat pics Carrie! That one of Kyle and Meg makes me giggle! What a fun day it was. You have a beautiful family. Happy Birthday today Grant!
ReplyDeleteawww happy birthday!Too cute!
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