Super Hero Party Part 1

Watching over our city is a group of fearless superheroes.

They spring to action when called upon.

Their super strength and super speed allow us all to sleep a little sounder at night.

They are the Birthday Superheros...
Super Brennen

Transformer Bennet

Super Eden

and their faithful non-birthday side kick...
Evil Ever

This Saturday we did it again...and pulled out our awesomeness (real word) and put on a the best dang super party there ever was. 

We suited up our superheros...

We played some pretty awesome Super hero games to test our Super Skills.  For example,  we had to shoot the "bad guys"  of the table as fast as we could...

We had some flight practice...

Then we moved on into the REAL important stuff...like presents. Pretty much the kids were spoiled.

Eden was stoked this year for presents.  All day long she kept saying "My birthday Party. Happy birthday to MEE!"  It was hilarious and when it came to gifts, she was all over it.  Her favorite gifts were the doll stroller Tia (Aunt Christy) gave her and the present grandma gave her.  She got a Woody and Jessie doll and she couldn't be more thrilled.  She kept squealing "JESSIE!!!  WOODY!!!" (see mid-squeal below)

Natalie was with us via Skype and so all the kids were constantly running up to the computer, getting as close as they could to show Aunt Natalie all their gifts.

As soon as Woody and Jessie were opened, Eden was done with gifts.  She had all she needed.  She strapped them into the stroller and she was off!  There was no concern for gifts in the way, toes/people in the way or the uneven grass she was trying to push them in...she was on a mission, happy as a clam pushing her babies in that stroller.

After we convinced the kids to set aside their toys momentarily, we sang them happy birthday, which to my surprise was actually a normal sounding song.  I'm not sure I've ever heard it sung this way in my family before.  Without Natalie and Tracy around there was no off key singing or screeching at the end, it actually went quite beautifully.

I'm still in denial that my precious baby is going to be TWO years old.  How does this happen?  She is so big, literally so big...I can't keep the kid clothed.  She was so happy it was finally HER party.  She was been waiting for this since Clovi's birthday in June.  She was so tired and hadn't had a nap all day, which lead to mini melt downs and hissy fits when someone touched her precious Woody and Jessie dolls but I asked her if she had a fun party and she said..."My Party!  I love it!"  so how can you go wrong?

Once the fun was over, we hit the road and headed home.  Not 2 minutes into our drive, I turned around and found this...

straight tuckered out, but don't you worry she's got a vice grip on those dolls.  They weren't about to leave her hands even if she was asleep. Once we got home and settled, I put Eden to bed.  A few hours later I went to check on her and I found this...

Yup!  I didn't put her to bed with those toys.  I came out and asked Les if he gave her the dolls when he kissed her good-night and he said "What toys?  I didn't give her anything."  We both had a good laugh about this.  Eden never leaves her bed once she's put in there.  She will cry "Mama, I'm awake! Come get me!" in the mornings when she wakes up.  She got out of her bed once and was terrified when I told her to get back in that bed that she has yet to ever do it again, but I guess she took a chance last night....it must have been worth it!

Well, I'm busy getting ready for birthday party part 2.  It's going to be even better than the first...if you can believe it!  Lots of crafting at my house and my awesome level is at an all time high...stay tuned!

It's a Gymboree Day

This summer while I was free to play, Eden and I signed up for the Gymboree Play & Learn class. She LOVED her "Gymbo Class".  She still asks to play with Gymbo every morning when she wakes up.

We sing and play and have a ball.  Eden loves to try new things and test out her new found sense of freedom. She was a little hesitant at first but once Mr. Eric started singing, she was all in.  She was even the only one who sang along with him. 

Each week has a different theme. One week, we were frogs and hopped all over the place.  Another week, we were conductors of the Gymboree Train.  Our last week there, we were dogs (by far Eden's fav)

We had dogs runs, dog washes and dog houses.  We buried bones and chased cats.  Every time we tried new tricks or learned a new skill (for example like jumping off of things)  Eden wanted her teacher Mr. Eric to help her.  She just wanted mom to watch. 

We ended every class with Parachute Time.  Eden loved laying on top the parachute while Mr. Eric blew bubbles to the bubble song.  After the parachute, we end our class by singing the Gymbo song.  Eden made it her personally mission to find Gymbo (who Mr. Eric hid during class) each and every time.  So much so, that she would FREAK out if someone else found him before her.  She would run over and snatch Gymbo away...much to my horror.   Luckily, all the moms thought it was hilarious that she was so determined to find him each week.

She's getting more and more independent and doesn't need me to help her with everything.  Her common phrase these days are "My do it myself!" It makes me sad that my little girl is growing up, but I love to watch her face when she does something for the first time...all by herself.  Her face lights up and she squeals "My did it!  Watch me, Mama... my did it!"

Gymboree has taught her not to be afraid and that it's perfectly normal to sign and dance while playing.  We love Gymboree and will definitely be there next year.  We'll miss Mr. Eric and all the funny, corky and hilarious things he does.  It was the best way to spend our mornings and I'll never forget how I watched my little girl discover new skills and totally be herself! 

We're Gettin' Ready

A BIG day is just around the corner and we are busy gettin' ready.  There is lots of training that is required in order to get ready for her SUPER day...for example, we have conditioning...

Which then, requires some serious stretching...

We like to end our training with some flight practice.  We like to get a good cape wind going.

 

We really focus on our arm placement... Up! Up! and Away! doesn't really work unless you've got the arms down.  So we've still got a lot of training to do before the BIG day, but we're working on it!