Since the blog was updated this past Wednesday, I’m not going to spend a lot of time typing today. Instead, I’m going to share pictures of her birthday for your enjoyment.
The birthday girl started off her big day on the trampoline, which she spends a lot of time on (I wake up at night hearing Ashlyn asking “Outside? Go jumping?”). In a week she’s already learned to jump really well. She’s become the best jumper in her gymnastics class even though she’s the youngest toddler there.
After trampoline came presents, which she actually opened this time since nobody was watching her. It’s funny how she gets shy when people are around, but you put a camera in front of her and she’ll ham it up. After presents came a breakfast cupcake, which resulted in a change of clothes. To celebrate the change of clothes, Ashlyn danced around the living room.
Around lunch time we headed off to Chuck E. Cheese pizza. We thought this was going to be a fun place to take Ashlyn, but she didn’t seem to care for it. I was able to capture a few pictures of her smiling, but that was pretty much all we got the entire time we were there. We got 60 tokens for games, and left with 52 tokens. Strange child. Next time we’re taking cousin Heidi.
Fortunately, the zoo was more interesting. This time, Ashlyn wanted to get out of the wagon to see the animals. Towards the end of the day Ashlyn apparently became bored with riding in the wagon, so she started pulling it. This lasted for approximately 47 seconds. We all had a fun time, and I see many more zoo trips in Ashlyn’s birthday future with the weather as nice as it is in early October.
Ashlyn has gained a liking for getting her picture taken. This is a picture we took this morning.
Finally, I’d like to thank Texas A&M for getting out of their 2 loss slump with a victory of Texas Tech. When we asked Ashlyn if A&M was going to win this weekend, she knew the right answer.
Touchdown! Gig ‘em Aggies!