Kraig's Bday Party

We celebrated Kraig's birthday party at Chick Fil A, on Nov.9. I invited his church and school class....he had lots of attendees! It was alot of fun. He got a lot of great gifts...and had a great time!

My mom made the cake,of course.  For the 3rd year in a row, Kraig wanted Elmo. 

Blowing out the candles....the little boy on the right is Kraig's best bud from school last year.  He moved up to Kindergarten this year, so I was very very glad he was able to come to the party!

Opening gifts...he had lots of help!

The loot....it looked like Christmas a month early!

Thanks to everyone who came!!!

And Nina came to the party....





I think Kraig had a great birthday!



Other pics from their birthday....

A friend from church brought this by for Kraig....

We bake cupcakes each year for Kyle.....

We release balloons for Kyle and my niece Mallorie (who died in 2001 when she was 2 months old)

(the heart balloon at the bottom is the one Kraig wanted to let go).

And we sprinkle rose petals and leave a birthday balloon there for a few days.  Kraig loves the sprinkling part...can you tell?

A special moment.....my favorite picture of the day....

November--Random

Patches often doesn't have much to do with Kraig, at least while he's awake.  But she has always looked after him while he sleeps, since the day he came home from the hospital.  She just doesn't always do it ON the bed with him!  And if he knew, he'd probably have not liked it much.

We decided Kraig was a true party animal in November...he had a busier social calendar than the rest of us.  This is a birthday party he attended for a little girl in his class.  It was held at SEGA (a gymnastics association).  He had a great time!

Obstacle course.....

Balance beam (it was only a few inches off the floor)....

He loved the "jump" at the end.

He liked the swing, but wouldn't do it by himself. 

The delay on my camera is sometimes a bit aggravating.....if I wait too long, I miss the shot entirely; if I take it too soon, I get shots like this.  He loves these slides.

This net was something else he wasn't quite ready to do by himself.

The parachute...he does this at school, so he enjoyed this too.

And of course, no party is complete without cake and ice cream.  He did not eat the cake, however, but he did eat the icing off it.

That same week, we held Kraig's birthday party (in a separate post) and he attended the birthday party of a little boy in his class......it was held at Gymstars, a facility similar to

This was a rope swing also, but he actually did this one, albeit a bit hesitantly. 

Rock climber....

Trampoline....

Double balance beams....?

And the theme of the party was none other than......

the Wonder Pets!  Kraig adores that show.  For those of you that may not know, Wonder Pets is a children's show on Nick Jr in which Lenny(a hamster), Tuck(a turtle), and MingMing(a duck) save other animals in trouble.

More random shots.....Kraig, Christopher and Chris have been throwing the football back and forth outside.  Kraig calls the jersey he is wearing his "number shirt" and it "makes him go fast".  Usually he is the coach....and tells Chris and Christopher when to throw the ball to each other.

Halloween

This is Kraig on the 30th, at the church Trunk or Treat.  Yes, we are inside...we got rained out.  So everything was inside.  It wasn't too bad...just a churchfull of kids!

There was a fishing hole....

And this is a couple from our ward.....Hansel and Gretal...aren't they cute?

This Kraig just before going trick or treating on Halloween nite.  He did pretty well...went up to the doors by himself, but then wimped out after one block.  I made go a bit more, but we only made a circle in the streets behind our house.

October--Random

Christopher got this rocket as one of his prizes from his fundraiser....Kraig likes to play with it as much as

This is from a play area in a restaurant here...don't remember which one or when it was, but he always loves to go play.

Laying on Nina's bed.....he was quite comfy.