Parties and such

My oldest nephew turned 10 this past week, so we celebrated his birthday at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham!

In the party room, the kids got to pet different reptiles. Noah fearlessly touched each one!

There was also a tarantula….I HATE spiders. Like with every fiber of my being. And which animal was Noah’s favorite? You guessed it. He was so disappointed when they wouldn’t let him take it out of the cage. 

And since Griffin was the birthday boy, he got to hold one animal of his choosing. He chose the snake!

After we had cake and ice cream and opened presents, it was time to explore the place! Noah had never been there before (and I haven’t been in several years) so he had a lot of fun! The very first thing he ran to play with was the train tracks, of course!

He LOVES trains. And Thomas.

Next, we uncovered dinosaur bones. Noah wasn’t too crazy about that activity because the “dirt” kept getting in his shoes and hurting his feet.

We chased him around from exhibit to exhibit to exhibit!

Needless to say, he slept hard that night! (And so did I!)

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So have you seen the idea on Pinterest of putting a glow stick in the bath tub for extra fun? We tried it and it was a HUGE success!

Could that smile be any bigger? We have been freezing the glow stick after bath each night and it is still glowing!

Noah has also mastered the art of taking self portraits with my iPhone. I frequently find these pictures…

I sure do love that sweet boy!

And a house update!

This picture was taken while they were putting on the shingles. They have since finished the brick work and are supposed to start putting up the vinyl siding and sheetrock this week! We really need to get to packing! It won’t be long now!