Party, Party, Party

A big Star Wars party for Ryan's 5th birthday was the entertainment for the evening! He was a busy guy all night - lots of friends, family, food, and presents!





Unconventional as it was, he opened his presents whenever whomever gave them to him said he could. That was kind of nice, actually. He didn't have to be front and center for a long period of time (translate - the adults didn't have to sit and watch him open a ton of presents all at once!).





There were snow cones and a big bouncer (the inflatable kind - not the big burly guy kind), pinata, pizza, chips, dip, cake, and cupcakes.


Oh, and if you were in the "crab club," you got crab legs.
















Ryan had a blast - lots of running around, being loud, fun things to eat, presents to open and video games to play - a 5-year old's dream day!!

Who Has More Fun Than Grandma's??

Nobody, that's who!! I got to spend some time with Jack and we had a blast. We had quite the conversation going on and I really believe he was trying to understand what I was saying. We had a deep conversation going on - you know, the pros and cons of organic baby food, why does teething have to hurt so much, and the debate over which toys are tastier - Sneeches or Horton? Of course, I think he got tired of me talking to him all the time - hence the hand over the mouth! But when he REALLY got tired of it, he tried to run away from me in his walker!! Oh well, he can never, ever say his Grammie never tried talking to him about important stuff!

American Idol???

So, with last night's vote, are we to assume that this will be the next American Idol? Or maybe Kristy Lee? Or maybe Syesha? What happened????????