We finally made it! After a COVID scare turned false, and an over weekend trip to San Diego we were finally all home and healthy and ready for Winry's birthday party! Saturday was yesterday (that's right, I'm writing this on time finally) so there's obviously other stuff to talk about, but not much. Monica's and my phones had really important stuff to do in our pockets, so we didn't get many pictures this past week, but that's okay because we got pictures of Winry's party! Here's almost everyone together! Zoey (from our ward) and Aurelia (from next door) were feeling shy and didn't want to come in. Thanks to everyone who made it, and I hope your kids had a great time!
Monica has been taking walks with the kids, and Grayson has been loving his blue car! The girls really love to push him in it too. Brooke will push him along for a whole walk, and yesterday Winry was pushing him back and forth in front of our house.
In other news for the past week, Monica got a yarn fuzzy ball (pom pom) maker from a gift swap on her San Diego trip, and so we've been making them all week. However, Grayson got to them, and... well... let's just say he's not allowed to have them any more. Fortunately he didn't actually swallow any of the yarn, just pulled it apart. Grayson also caught the beat one morning and started dancing. He was SO concentrated. Stomping a foot is hard work. Lastly, while technically after Winry's party, this just seems like a good place to drop my final video without a picture. Jelly and I were playing together through her cat tower. Jelly loves to play like this, and while I'm working if I get up to go to the bathroom she'll run to the opposite side of the basement so we can play. I just poke my head around a corner so she can see me, and then if I stay hidden too long she'll come charging to get me!
On Saturday we started off the party with some coloring pages while we were waiting for everyone to arrive. Once everyone was here we played a game where Monica wrapped a present a lot of times, and then while music was playing they passed the present around. If you were holding it when the music stopped you got to open a layer, and eventually they got to the middle where there was a Pokemon card for everyone! After that we had lunch, and a bit more coloring happened.
Then the kids got to play Pokemon Snap! One at a time they'd sit in Grayson's little blue car, and I'd slowly push them around the room and they'd take pictures of Pokemon. The girls had colored a bunch of Pokemon pictures, but the real game was that I had attached pictures to motors and the Pokemon would randomly pop out from behind things. It was a big hit!
I gave the kids my actual camera to take pictures with, and the results were varied. There are some pictures that look like they're kind of supposed to be of people in the room, some are blurry cause the camera was moving too much, and of course, a full set of finger tip pictures! The important thing is they all had fun.
After Pokemon Snap, we opened presents. Everyone was very excited to see what Winry was getting. I especially like this picture because you can see how most everyone is watching what's going on, but Iris is behind Winry checking out the piano she just opened!
After presents, we all sang Happy Birthday to Winry. Pikachu was singing along with us as well, though you can't hear it.
After we sugared all the kids up, it was time to shake and wiggle! I think we did at least 4 different freeze dances. The kids were having a blast and just kept dancing until it was time to head home. It seemed like everyone had a great time!
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