More Birthday Celebrating

On the girls actual birthday we decided to keep it low key. We hung around in the morning playing with their new toys. It was like Christmas morning with all their toys from their party. Then Shane and I got them a little piano that plugs into the TV and teaches them colors, sounds, words, etc. And then another toy, the ballcano, that you put balls on the top of and then it lifts them up and sends them down the legs. They actually are loving both of those toys and play with them often.

After their morning nap we took them to Jungle Jims. I wasn’t sure if they would like it at all. They actually did really good. We took them on the carousel. Shane said Aria was shaking the whole time…I felt bad. The 2nd time though she warmed up and was fine. I think their favorite was the swings. Every time they would come around they would smile at us. We even took them on the roller coaster thing that goes in a circle. I was laughing hysterically because it was so fast and I had a death grip on Siena. Neither of them made a face one way or the other until it came to a stop and then they wanted off, fine by me. The worst ride was this train/cars that go around on a little track. On a lot of the rides Shane and/or I would go on it with them but this one the worker thought they would be just fine and I didn’t think I was going to fit in them anyways. So we put them together and off they went. You should’ve seen Siena’s face looking back at us very concerned about why this train was taking her away from her parents. Then they went through this little tunnel and when they came out I was standing right there and Siena was all slouched down in the chair totally crying. It was pretty sad but kind of funny at the same time. So overall I thought it was a success and I know they will like this place a lot more when they get a little bit older. But for their first time on rides on anything, they did really well. Afterwards we went to lunch and then came home and they were really ready for their afternoon nap.

That evening we went over to my parent’s house to celebrate mine and Jennifer’s birthdays. Of course we had the girls in our pictures again when they sang to us.

Last year when I was still in the hospital after giving birth, my family got together and celebrated Jennifer’s birthday. Since the girls were born on her birthday I soon got a text with this picture.

The text said that Jennifer was getting her pose for next year’s picture ready. She said she couldn’t wait until the following year to have both the girls in each arm celebrating their birthdays together. Well I remembered this year to make sure I got a picture of the 3 girls on their birthday together.

It was a very fun day and a very long weekend full of celebrations.