Pinkalicious, Build-A-Bear, Gymnastics and More...

First, a few cute pictures before

I share about our week...

*Payson sitting in a booster

next to Daddy at Red Robin.*

*The boys having

fun in the bath.*

*Payson smiling for me.*

*....and Beckett too.*

-Pinkalicious Party-

When my friend asked me to design an invitation for a Pinkalicious party, I agreed but had no clue what that was. I assumed it was another one of her great ideas for a G.N.O.- "girls night out" party. It turns out that Pinkalicious is a children's book, but I had no idea because I don't have any girls, yet. The book is about a little girl that eats so much pink food, so she turns pink and then has to eat green food to change back to normal. The party was very cute and the boys had lots of fun with all the other kids.

*Payson eating his pink

cupcake that I helped decorate.*

*All the kids at the party.

Payson is on the far right.*

*The invitation I designed.*

-Build-A-Bear-

We have made it a tradition to make a build-a-bear after we find out the gender of our baby. So last weekend we went to the mall and made Irelyn her bear. It was great timing, because we ended up picking out the St. Patrick's Day bear, which fits perfectly with Irelyn's name. Payson was very excited to participate in every step of the process. He helped stuff the bear, he picked out the heart that goes inside and he helped give the bear a "bath".

*Payson just after he gave

the heart a kiss.*

*Putting the heart inside

Irelyn's bear.*

*Giving the bear a bath.*

*Irelyn's Bear!!!*

*A taggie blanket that

I made for Irelyn.*

-Gymnastics-

Two Saturday's ago Payson started his parent/tot gymnastics class. Payson is the only boy signed up for the class, but there seem to be plenty of sibling brothers that end up joining in. During his first class (which I didn't get any pictures of), he was more into observing things and a little freaked out to try out all the gymnastic stations. They start off the class with stretching, then they rotate through the stations, then play with balloons (which is his favorite part), then we all play with a huge parachute and sing a couple of songs, and finally end the class with some more stretching. As a reward for all their hard work, the teachers give out stickers at the end and Payson LOVES stickers.

Payson's second class was so much fun. He was more outgoing than the first class and tried all of the stations. Luckily, the teachers don't seem to mind all of the siblings joining in, so we let Beckett loose and he was so excited. At only 10 months old, he is already so daring and outgoing. He really loved jumping on the trampoline with his big brother and we were so surprised that he could hold on to the uneven bars. He even loved doing a somersault. He was a natural and somehow knew to put his head down while we helped him roll over. It was so funny to see how excited he got when he landed. Overall it was so much fun and we are really looking forward to see how Payson progresses during the rest of the classes.

*Payson on the trampoline.*

*Balloon time!*

*Beckett jumping with

Daddy on the trampoline.*

*Holding on to the uneven bars.

He LOVED it!*

(click on the picture to

see his face close up.)

*Doing a somersault.*

*So excited when he lands.*

*Payson taking a nap with

Daddy after he woke up

from a nap in his bed.*