Britt's Bungalow : The Big Birthday Bash 2012 (and other happenings in September)

Deakin and I at the State Park in Midway for Two Crew. The leaves are so beautiful, I had to snag a photo with me and my little guy.

Deaky feeding the ducks with other Two-Crewers.

Loving It

Let the party begin.

We went to the South Field Park, here in Heber City and set up for the boys party. Dillon turning 6, and Baby turning 2. We rented a water bouncy house, bought some treats, and let the kids play. Easiest party I have ever thrown, and as long as the boys like it, we will do it every year!

The boys holding up their ages, getting ready for the party to begin.

My big 6 Year-old.

Testing it out..."mom it's freezing." We rented it for 4 hours and divided the parties into 2 hour increments. The first section was for friends, and the second we invited family and had a giant sub for dinner!

The first climb and slide of many. Deakin slid down right away; he is afraid of nothing I swear. But, when he hit the cold water, he was done pretty much for the day. Jonny took him down a couple times, but even then, he loved the slide, but hated the water. I think next year we'll do it a few weeks earlier.

Dillon's first slide.

Baby, resting and getting warm after his single slide down. He was adorable, he wrapped up in a blanket and let anyone hold him.

Although Baby didn't love the cold water at the end of the slide, he LOVED splashing water on all the kids. So, we let that be his job...keeping the pool full...er, well, some of the water stayed in the pool.

A picture of how big the slide was! Lots of the adults slid down too!

A train of friends.

Birthday cake with the buddies from the neighborhood.

And, finally, the cousins came! I thought that the kids would be tired after partying for 2 hours before, but they were ready to roll all over again when their best friends showed up...cousins are the best! We were really sad that Gager, Blakely, and Bridger couldn't make it. Next year for sure!

Ready for launch..

I'm such a loser for cutting his head off, but I wanted to show at least one picture of Dillon jumping down the slide. Such an animal!

Taybear joining in the fun. We love our uncle Tay.

Deakin, doing his job, spraying everyone...I love Taylor ducking in the background trying to avoid the spray.

Pretty Auntie Dawna holding Deakin. They
(Moe, Ari, Dawna and Brandon) gave him such a fun gift; a fort kit. It was a package filled with all the necessary ingredients for a boys fort: flashlights, a sheet, rope, clothes pins, and lots of snacks. Such a fun, creative idea. Thanks!

The boys getting ready to blow out their birthday cupcakes. Love that tongue. Dillon is such a champ to slide over, or smile on command for pictures. Deakin, not so much.

Dillon, silly picture, but wanted to show him having fun and wrapped up after sliding all day long.

Deakin, the only part of the cupcake that he ate was the frosting and the peanut butter M&M's. Goofy kid.

Grandma and Grandpa Case hit the jack-pot this year by purchasing Despicable Me stuff! Deakin sleeps with his "Dolly" and loves for us to read Sleepy Kittens to him every night. The book is a little damaged because on the first night he got it, he wanted to take it into the tub with him. His bad.

The boys were thrilled with the "mountain" of presents they got to open when we went home.

Me thinking: "Really? More Lego's?"

Dillon: "They gave me Lego's!!!!!! Yahoo!!!"

Deaky thanking Grandpa Case for his presents. Grandpa read it to him. So adorable.

Deakin at home after the party, watching Despicable Me with his new toys. Those poor cheeks: he is allergic to milk, and as evidenced by his rashy cheeks, we let him have too much ice-cream around the birthday. He didn't complain.

Grandma and Grandpa West gave lots of fun things too. Deakin LOVES this little lace-up game. I love that cute smile!

Dillon: Not as excited about this one as his momma was...Thanks Mom and Dad.

Another fun gift the kids are loving: a water table they like to put under the trampoline and shoot water up at their feet.

Back to normal life:

I planned Dillon's Kindergarten so that I could have time with Baby in the morning, and then time with him while Baby is sleeping. We have been doing lots of fun activities together. Although I am not as cool as his cousins, he will still sit down and play games and put puzzles together with me.

This one took forever, but it glowed in the dark, so it was worth it.

The boys enjoying the trampoline with the water table under it. This was the first time we were able to put the trampoline up on our fresh lawn. Amen.

Deakin, kicking Dillon of the tramp, "Baby's turn."

The boys loving their new presents.

Dilly showing off his skills.

Fall is my favorite season for so many reasons. We love the little hike up by the Huber Cottage in Midway. Here are some pics from our most recent adventure: