First Skate, First Three...

This afternoon was Destin’s 8th birthday party. She had a skating party, which was a blast, especially watching a 3yr old who’s never skated PLUS a 31yr old man who hadn’t skated in 15 years! Maysen had a hard time grasping the concepts to not pick your feet up like walking, but more to slide them. It was like watching a cow on ice – both feet went in opposite directions multiple times. Luckily no bones were broken in the process. We did have an additional 2-3 bruises to add to our vast collection of Maysen bruises, but he was proud of them! Nate only bit the dust once, I was proud.

And Jenn, it was *JUST LIKE* Skate Plaza in Garden. The round table/benches to plop on. Same music types. Same games. Blast from the past!

After about 20 minutes of skating and not getting anywhere, Maysen decided the arcade games were the place to be. And no, we don’t promote violence … why is it that boys are automatically drawn to games with guns? Here he looks like he’s “hunting for that Wascally Wabbit”.

Destin had a sea of friends around her as she wore her special mommy-made crown for the day. It’s a neat tradition Danielle does with all the kids on their birthdays – she makes them their own custom crown. Skating, cupcake eatin’, and present opening and the fun was over. It was a great time and the kids had a lot of fun.

Tonight Griffin was eating some of my cheese potatoes and he was standing at the end of the foot rest when all of a sudden he did it …. He actually walked!!! Well, he’s not cruising around, but those were his first consecutive 3 steps! His little hands were out to the side and he let go of the foot rest and BAM … BAM…. BAM here he was at the chair all on his own never once touching the foot rest or chair for balance. I don’t even think he realized what he had done, but by golly … he did it! This was the very same time Maysen started walking … 9.5 months old. We’ll see how much more Griffin picks up on it.

I am excited to tell you all about our upcoming adventure on Friday. We are going to the Roloff Farm. The Roloff’s are the family that have members that are "Little People" and they're on TLC’s Little People, Big World. Their farm is up in Hillsboro, OR which is just a few hours from here, so we’ll be going to tour the farm and get pumpkins Friday. I’m hoping that it won’t be “too” busy since it’ll be mid-day on a weekday, but we’ll see. Jenn is taking the PM off at work and going with us. I hope I get to meet Amy. She truly is an admiration to moms out there. To go through what she has in life and still raise her kids to be strong, independent, and out spoken – I just have a lot of respect for her. So, we’ll see! I’m just looking forward to seeing the farm everyone sees on TV and enjoy the beauty out there.