A few weekends ago, Knox had his 4th birthday. I swear he's been waiting for this day since he turned 3! He is obsessed with Ninja Turtles right now, so we had a Ninja Turtle party for him. Kyle's sister Heather & her family made the trek from Spokane to help us celebrate! It was a great weekend for all the kids to run around like crazy together before it got too cold outside. They had a blast and it was really fun to have everyone at our new house in Boise!
On Friday night, Heather helped me get all the decorations up and presents wrapped for Knox's big day. He was SOO excited about his decorations, it was really sweet!
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| the loot! |
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| the decorations! |
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| Knox got a Buzz Lightyear costume |
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| Isla got a Doc McStuffins outfit for her gift from Uncle Brandon & Aunt Heather |
After the gift opening, we headed outside to do the Ninja Turtle piñata. McKenna had a piñata at her birthday party this summer and since then Knox has been excited to have one.
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| getting everything ready |
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| Knox took the first hit |
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| Isla took a swing! |
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| playing with the race car track he got |
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| our little Donatello |
After dinner (pizza of course, ninja turtles love pizza!) we had birthday cake. All the kiddos got their own ninja turtle mask to wear :) Knox was just beside himself when we sang him happy birthday and he got to blow out his candle. It was the sweetest smile of joy on his face, it almost made me cry. Kids just remind you how fun birthdays really are!
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| happy guy |
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| blowing out his candle |
Heather & Brandon and the crew headed back to Spokane on Sunday morning but we still had one more surprise for Knox & Isla. Their Nana (Kyle's mom) had gotten them a joint gift that we had been saving. Here they are waiting for the surprise...
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| Knox got a peek first and he was excited! |
The big gift was their very own Jeep! They were SO excited and have even done pretty good sharing it! Isla gets really excited to drive it and Knox does pretty good helping her steer (she's a crazy driver!).
To finish off the birthday weekend we had one more birthday tradition. On the eve of Knox's birth, Kyle & I went to Cheesecake Factory as our "last supper". While there I started having contractions and we drove straight to the hospital from the restaurant (after I finished my cheesecake of course). So, to celebrate Knox's birthday every year we have returned to the Cheesecake Factory. Fortunately, there is one here in Boise too!
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| Kyle & Knox |
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| Me & Isla |
We asked the waiter to bring Knox a candle on his cheesecake and sing to him. He was pumped! All in all it was a really great birthday weekend. We love you Knoxie!!
-Stacie
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