It was my Dad's 67th birthday yesterday. We had pizza and cake. Here are two pictures of the kids looking calm. The rest of the time they were acting like monkeys under the influence of something potent and illegal. Justine excluded, of course. :) It was a very nice birthday get-together.
(I really appreciate how both my dad and Jon are representing UCF in these pics. I wonder who bought them those shirts?)
All the Smith cousins together! We tried to get them to line up in order of age in this photo, but Abe got very sad when Justine set him down by Anna. So here they are: Justine, 8th grade, Abraham, 18 months, Jonathan, 2nd grade, Trystan, 1st grade, and Anna, Kindergarten.
This one is cute! Jon, Justine, Abe, Trystan and Anna.
Trystan and Abe. Abe was trying to learn to dribble like Trystan. It was so funny. Abe can actually kick a soccer ball with one foot. He can also talk an incredible amount for a child his age. I had not seen him since July and I was amazed.
Aunt Jamie (me) and Abe.
Trystan and Abe.
Anna, Justine and Abe in the toy room at Nona's. Abe got attached to this little Elmo and when he would lose it, he would say, Where'd Elmo go? And we would have to go find it.
Justine with Anna.
Anna and Jonathan on the train ride.
Jonathan on the pony. (He has ridden much bigger horses than this before, by himself. I wonder if that's what he was thinking?)
Anna riding the pony.
Anna and Jonathan at Daddy's company Christmas party.
Every year we go to Bethlehem Walk in Satellite Beach. They recreate Bethlehem on the Eve of Jesus' birth and retell the story. There are different booths to visit. When you first enter, the Roman guards have you sign the census. This year we took Trystan with us. He was VERY impressed with the Roman guards.
Me, Anna and Trystan on our way into Bethlehem Walk.
Trystan, Anna, and Jonathan in one of the booths playing with a driedel.
Trystan and Jonathan.
Anna, Trystan and Jonathan learning about how oil lamps work.
Jon signing the census.
Anna and Trystan signing the census.
EVERYONE has to sign the census. :)
We had Anna's 6th birthday at Chuck E. Cheese, at her request. We had it early, since her actual birthday is 3 days before Christmas and she wanted to invite her class. Anna had to wear her pink boots with her birthday dress. :) Here she is playing a dance game.
The birthday girl with her cake. It was a Muppets cake (we just saw the movie last weekend) from Publix.
Getting ready to go play some games with her cup of tokens.
Anna with Chuck E. Cheese himself. Wow.
Love it! Anna with her cousins, Trystan and Justine.
Above, she is with her Daddy in the Ticket Blaster. Only birthday guests are allowed to go in this wind tunnel of tickets. Her crown and safety goggles caught most of the tickets for her. Jonathan later on told us some sort of strategy he would have used. :) She is smiling at Herbie, one of the students from her class that came to her party.
Wow... Justine is turning 14 this year! I can remember when she was Anna's age so well. They remind me of each other so much. Justine is a wonderful young lady and I adore her.
Anna smashed her birthday crown down over Justine's face. Awww...
Jonathan had to show Anna that there was slots for tokens all the way around the crown. Anna had a great birthday party and loved all of the crazy antics involved in a Chuck E. Cheese party.
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