Grandkids and Birthdays

We celebrated the last one for the year a week ago.

Caleb...at his birthday party...last Saturday!

Five years old!!!

So far this year, I've pretty much ignored my blog, so there were no special 

birthday posts for each of them.  Pitiful....I know!

Next year I hope that I'm better about it.  It's a joy to look through this blog and 

experience their birthdays past once again.

 Fortunately I did share birthday photos on Instagram!

Here they are, along with a link to LAST year's blog post birthday celebrations!!  

Elijah - 8 years old on January 7th

Fletcher - 2 years old on January 7th

Penelope - 7 years old on March 25th

August - born on April 18th (this year)

Louisa aka Lulu - 3 years old on May 8th

Charlotte - 8 years old on May 14th

Caleb - 5 years old on July 25th

I am so blessed to have seven sweet grandchildren.

I thank God for them...always!

So Many Birthdays!!

Yep, it's birthday time at our house!!

Two of my grandsons have birthdays today!!

Elijah is SEVEN! When did that happen?  

Sure doesn't seem like six years have passed since his first birthday!!  

I think "Frosty" is wondering the same thing!

Pure happiness!!

I love this photo of him!

He was so excited to get his Peppa Pig toys from Bill and I...he also enjoyed the 

Paw Patrol figures Caleb received from my mother.

He's so tired in this photo...but what a good sport! "Okay Gramma, one more picture...."!

I've noticed, since he started losing his teeth, that he smiles a little different. 

It's like he wants to make sure we notice the (ever increasing) gap!!

Happy Birthday Elijah...I love you and hope you have a WONDERFUL day!!  

Somebody told me you like Spiderman. 

He wishes you a happy birthday too!

Then there's this little guy...he's ONE year old, today!!

Yep, Fletcher is a birthday stealer...or a birthday sharer as Elijah likes to say. His first year flew by!  He's growing up so quickly it seems.

We've got a little weight training going on here! 

Fletcher was quite fascinated by the cute guy in the mirror!

How could he help it....that's a really cute baby! 

I laid him under the tree...he stared at lights for about five minutes. 

Then he tried to pull them off the tree....

The Dollar Store spinning light was a hit too!

Every time I said "smile!" he gave me a different look. 

I love this bunch of photos!!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY FLETCHER.

I LOVE YOU A BUNCH!!

(Hope you get to smash a banana or two!)

What a blessing my grandchildren are...they 

make me happy every day!

~~~::~~~

Fletcher isn't the only birthday stealer sharer in the family.  Elijah's cousin Beatrice is celebrating her 1st birthday too!  He gets to SHARE his birthday with two cousins!! Such a lucky boy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY sweet BB!

Super Party!

January went by in such a blur....babies being born, illness, crazy weather!

I never shared photos from Elijah's "Super Heros" party.

 

His birthday was on January 7th and his party was at our house on the 12th.

Elijah attended in his Thor costume...complete with hammer!

 

 

Johanna served 'power enhancing food', including make your own "hero subs".

 

 

The little heros (with help from the big heros) created their own star badges.

Sometimes Super Heros have to fight off evil creatures...like this T-Rex piñata!!  Nasty creature ate all the candy.  But our Super Heros saved the day.  Unfortunately the video I thought I was taking....well let's just say I stopped when I thought I started, and started when I thought I stopped.

 

Time for cupcakes, candles and singing.

Also time for the Mighty Thor to use his mighty lungs to blow out those candles!

 

 

Yay Thor!!

 

Yay presents too!  Two favorites...a gift certificate to Toys R Us, and that

Elijah the Super Hero book I mentioned in his birthday post.

 

After presents it was time to eat those yummy cupcakes.  Caleb was excited at the mention of cupcakes, but chose not to partake. Lulu decided balloon ribbons were more to her liking. The rest of the guests...well as I said, "yummy cupcakes" for sure!!

 



 

It was a 'super' party in every way!

Elijah the Super Hero had a great time. I hope this next year is super fun for him!! 

 

I don't know if he used his gift certificate yet, but he did visit Toys R Us on his actual birthday.  He got a crown and a balloon...and Johanna got a photo of him showing them off in the "chair department".