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| We went to Livy and Reece's birthday party this past weekend at the YMCA gym. There were dozens of children under the age of five, balloons, mats, balls, tunnels, trampolines, a pit filled with foam cubes, cake and ice cream! In other words- the perfect toddler afternoon ;) |
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| As soon as we walked into the gym- it was obvious Kieran remembered his time at Flipz this summer and what this gym was for- running! He was off like a flash- checking out every nook and cranny at the speed of toddler! |
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| A giant yellow ball... |
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| A loooooong trampoline... |
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| A little trampoline with "slide"... |
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| Plenty of space to RUN! |
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| A giant crayon- perfect for pushing around like a train... |
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| Tunnels... |
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| Scooters... |
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| And of course cake and ice cream! |
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| Oh- and don't forget the juice-boxes- another special treat! |
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| The birthday girls with their HUGE cupcakes! |
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| Kieran inspected the two cakes- Abby Ca-Dabby and Elmo (he actually got his little fingers in the Elmo cake a little bit- but it turned out okay ;) We ended up leaving a little early- the combination of running like a maniac for an hour + and lots of sugar made for a bit of a wild child- and when it came time to watch other children open gifts, with none for him ;) Kieran just couldn't keep it together. He passed out on the way home with only cake and ice cream for his dinner ;) |
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| Waiting on a train... Sunday we took Kiearn's first train ride on Amtrak to Hermann for their annual Christmas festival. |
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| Kieran was very excited just to be in the train station where, "Sir Toppem Hat works." |
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| Posing on an old bench in the station. |
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| "Whooo-whoooo!" The train's here! |
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| "Alllllll aaaaabooooaaard!" |
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| I just wish I had gotten this picture from the other side- I am sure he had a great expression as he boarded his first train! |
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| Love this look of awe and amazement as the train pulls out from the station. |
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| "A ductor!!" (Conductor) Kieran was so excited to see a real-live conductors punching tickets and saying things like "all aboard" and "next stop"... he was bursting at the seams with little boy joy! |
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| Kieran spent a lot of time playing with his ticket on our ride- here he had discovered how he could make it stick to his lips. |
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| Enjoying a little train-treat... |
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| Kieran was pretty impressed with the old fashioned German Santa- especially since he gave him candy ;) |
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| Down town Hermann is right off the train stop- which was perfect for us. We just hung out all day- checking out some shops, eating and spending a lot of time playing outside- thankfully it was 50+ that day, so we didn't get too cold. Here Kieran is playing his egg shaker with a string trio that was performing in the Festhalle, the center of the holiday activities. |
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| We also saw a lady playing an accordion at the Children's Museum who did a great rendition of Frosty the Snowman that really got Kiearn's little feet stomping! |
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| Watching a freight train go by... we saw a lot of very big trains very close up, which was great for our little conductor :) |
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| Kieran entertained himself most of the day with things he found- giant leaves, rocks, sticks... who needs toys?! |
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| In a thrift store we visited Kieran came across this little gem- an old-school Fischer Price doll house, complete with dolls! He played with this for a half hour or more. |
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| We brought Kieran's jammies for the train ride home- which he thought was great! It worked out well too, because he wasn't in the car five minutes before he was sound asleep- made for a very easy transfer into bed ;) |
