Ian's birthday!

Yesterday was Ian's birthday!

We're still not done with the celebrations, but here's what we got to yesterday. First, Grandma Fox, who has been with us for a little over two weeks now, got a flat tire on her trailer. Ian was very excited to get to watch the tow truck come and the guy jack up the trailer so he could put the spare tire on.

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Playing while waiting for the tow truck

Then we found a new park to go to that had a ton of really huge slides. Ian had so much fun there, he asked to come back at dinnertime and have supper at the picnic tables.

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Lately Rinnah loves swinging like a monkey any chance she gets!

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Jumping down the stairs

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Back at the park for birthday dinner-KFC with homemade potato salad, cantaloupe, pasta salad, black olives, and potato chips.

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Playing with Grandma's giant frisbee after dinner

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It was getting late by the time we made it home, but we still opened presents.

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It was so much fun. Ian was thrilled with every one of his gifts, and genuinely grateful and delighting in his special day. Rinnah was just as excited as he was to see what was in the packages.

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There are four candles on his cupcake, although it's hard to tell at this angle!

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Goofing off

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More gifts

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Trying out his new fire truck

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So we still need to play minigolf, take his 4 year pictures, and do a campfire and s'mores. Too much excitement to pack into one day! Maybe tomorrow we'll have birthday round two and finish things up.

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Last Saturday, before we left Cleveland, we were able to have Doug and Nikki over for dinner. That was really nice. They've been family friends for years and the kids were so excited. Ian started cleaning the windows on Wednesday in preparation for their visit. :) We had dinner outside, enjoying the gorgeous weather, and made s'mores over the campfire for dessert. What a great evening!

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After that, we headed up to New York. We're in Le Roy, NY this week-between Batavia and Rochester, just over an hour from Niagara Falls. My mom drove up to meet us. The kids of course are thrilled to see Grandma Fox and have loved spending time with her this week. We are parked right next to the playground, literally about 50 feet away, which the kids love. And next week it's supposed to be cooler so we'll probably take advantage of that even more. They even have a real sandbox here which the kids have already spent hours in, digging and building.