Sunday, February 5, 2012

From bounce houses to chop sticks…

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
-Albert Einstein

The past week has been a busy one, and a fun one, so it was difficult to narrow down which pictures to include.  The highlight was a trip to Pump It Up for a friend’s 3rd year old birthday party (Happy Birthday Reed!).  Pump It Up is essentially a group of rooms with large blow up houses, slides, etc.  Ashlyn had a great time, and it was tiring running after her as she went from activity to activity.

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Nina was present, and Ashlyn had fun playing with her through a screen in one of the houses.  I think Nina got her a little too excited though, because she fell over.  No problem, it’s hard to get hurt in a bounce house.

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One activity included a steep wall that you had to climb before sliding down the other side.  Ashlyn was too short to reach the steps, but she found another form of travel that worked even better.

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Thanks Reed for letting us come play with you on your birthday!

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Sunday was the Super Bowl of course, but nobody was really into the game since there were two Yankee teams playing.  The Wolfe family came over though, which always leads to a good time.  Heidi was there, which meant that Ashlyn was entertained and in a happy mood the entire evening.

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Grandma and Grandpa were there too, filling in for Heidi when she needed a break.

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We went out with the Wolfe’s again on Monday to have dinner with a family member from out of town.  We went to PF Chang’s, which is a little too nice be taking a lot of pictures.  However, we did get a few pictures from Mom’s iPhone of Ashlyn eating with chopsticks.  They may be children’s, but she was picking up small pieces of food with them within minutes of getting her hands on them.

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Only two more weeks to go until we learn what Pokey (the new baby’s current nickname) is.  We’ll be able to stop calling it “It”!.