Adelie and Staley's World

Adelie and Staley's World

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Celebrations

Before I dive into posts about our Christmas celebrations that have already begun, I need to reflect upon our November celebrations.

Adelie got to enjoy a Chuckie Cheese party for her friend William's birthday.

She loved the party, had lots of fun with her friends, and was thoroughly obsessed with how many tickets she could get with each game she played.

After the party, Adelie declared that she was going to have her next birthday party at Chuckie Cheese.

The kids also got to enjoy Elliott's birthday party at Elevate Trampoline Park.

I wasn't sure if Briggs would enjoy it as he's generally a pretty cautious kid.  However, he LOVED the trampolines and the foam pits and was pretty brave about jumping and climbing and trying new things.

Staley also had a great time.  She climbed and balanced and jumped, although her favorite activity was doing running tumbling tricks (mostly cartwheels) on the long trampolines.

And, of course, Adelie was in her element.  She loved jumping off things onto the trampolines, playing on the balance board, and burying herself in the foam pits.  Of course, she was also my child that made me the most nervous as I watched her fling herself around on the trampolines without fear.

After the party, Adelie declared that instead of Chuckie Cheese, she is going to have her birthday party at Elevate.

We also got to celebrate Lucy turning 2 by playing with cousins at Aunt Melissa and Uncle Evan's house.  Spending time with cousins is always a highlight.

And, of course, we enjoyed celebrating all we have to be thankful for with some fun Thanksgiving celebrations.  Briggs enjoyed his Thanksgiving party at pre-school with Uma while Zach attended Adelie's Native American activity at her school.

We celebrated Thanksgiving with my extended family where we could once again enjoy the fellowship of family and reflect on all the many blessings in our lives, including a Thanksgiving Day Bear's victory.

Good-bye November.  Thanks for the fun celebrations and all we have to be thankful for.  Good-bye fall.  Wish you had lasted a little bit longer.  Hello Christmas season!!