Jake's 6th Birthday Celebration!

For Jake's birthday this year we told him that since we were out of town for his actual birthday we would still have a party for him but we would just do it after vacation.  So he was super excited as he had something special in mind.  :)  We told him he could do a little bit more if he was willing to just pick 3 friends (not counting his brother) and then we could all have fun.  So what did he pick?  :)  Well he decided he wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese and play a bunch of games, then go pick up Happy Meals at McDonald's, and bring them home to have a picnic in the living room...followed by cake of course.  :)  It was a pretty great plan and everyone had a blast!  I think he chose well for his 6th Birthday.  :)

His totally cool Batman cake...turns out he picked the theme completely off this cake.  :)

Happy 6 year old

And it begins!

The boys anxiously waiting for their tokens

These boys all had so much fun and were all over the place...I think together they played almost everything!

AJ of course decided he needed to jam on the guitar for a while

Batman game...pretty appropriate for a Batman themed party

Teamwork!

Good buddies from pre-k the previous year...so glad they are still friends :)

And of course Jake and Grant!  :)

There was a lot of excitement around this game

AJ getting REALLY intense on this game

Such a great group of boys!  I am so happy that Jake is blessed with such awesome friends, and AJ of course adores all of them!  :)

Food time!!!

The McDonald's picnic!!!

Love that they all decided to squeeze onto the bench together...so cute

:D

Now its serious cake eating time!

Jake really loved his rainbow Batman cake...it really was delicious!!!

AJ...well we will work on forks more later...they just slow him down when it comes to cake :)

Jake had a really great time with his friends and it was such a special little party with some really great kids!  Perfect way to celebrate turning 6!!!



A trip to the OKC Dodgers Open House

So catching up again.  :)  When baseball season got started it we did a pretty good job of celebrating it.  First the boys first practices and games and then a trip to the new OKC Dodgers Open House.  We had a minor league team before (AAA) but during the off-season Ryan was thrilled to hear that his own Dodger's had bought out the team and where now going to represent his team.  I on the other hand am wondering what I can do to start avoiding that team  :)  But we had a blast going to the ballpark that day and giving all 3 of my boys a good dose of baseball.  :D

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Walking to the ballpark...not sure which one of them was more excited

We even got to take a small tour of the ballpark and go places that we could never go before..

...including the locker room :)

The boys thought it was awesome to see everything

Jake wanted to be like his Aunt B and try on all the catcher's gear :)

Fierce little catcher

They even got to take batting practice in the team's batting cages, first Jake

And then AJ

Jake was even brave enough to face a real pitcher :)

And of course so was Daddy.  A pretty special thing that they can all say that they have done.

Then the boys got to make their own OKC Dodgers t-shirts

They had a lot of fun and have both gotten some fun wear out of them already

Then we watched some college players play for a bit. The boys could hardly wait for the season to start and watch a big game here.  :)  A great and fun day!!!



T-Ball Starts for BOTH Boys :D

Last Saturday was a big day for my boys as it was the start of t-ball season!!!  AJ was especially excited as he finally got to play!  He had sat by all last year and watched Jake play...itching to get onto the field himself and now he could finally play as well.  So both boys spent the day before throwing a plush ball back and forth in the living room getting ready.  :)  I got a ton of pictures of AJ's practice and game but not as many of Jake's...unfortunately we started the two son's playing sports game and they overlapped a bit.  But it was AJ's very first game and practice...so I think Jake will understand 10 years down the line when he looks at this.  :D

AJ already that morning for his first game

AJ was beyond excited to get his own jersey and hat...as a matter of fact he jumped up and down and ran in circles when he put them on.  :D

He was so excited to catch ground balls and throw them back that he got first in line...he has a pretty good arm for throwing flat footed.  :)  But he has a great time!

"Put me in coach, I'm ready to play"

Listening to his coach talk to his team...The Giants :D

Team cheer

AJ, number 8, running onto the field

So where was Jake during this first game...in the field playing with his friend.  :D 

AJ is ready to go

He wanted to get every ground ball in the game.  :)

Ready for his first at bat, right next to his best buddy who is also on his team!

A hit!!!!

Taking off for first

Running to 3rd

Second at bat....yes he likes to hit the tee

Jake and his friend are ready to play

Jake was also super excited for the season to start again.  He had a bunch of friends on his team and even a buddy from school on the team they played.

Jake at bat...looks like a baseball player doesn't he :)

A hit!

Taking off for first

Piece of Cake :)

Our baseball players!  :)

Jake and his buddy from his Kindergarten class!  They were super excited to play each other!!!