Nathaniel's Birthday

We celebrated Nathaniel's birthday this weekend. Saturday was his actual birthday and Sunday we had our family party. Saturday we went to McDonalds, Nathaniel's choice, and the boys played on the playground for a while. Jaaromy even got Nathaniel to go down the slides after a lot of screaming. I'm glad we were the only ones there, I started to doubt Jaaromy's plan of pushing him down the slide himself. Of course, once he got used to it he loved it and went down several more times after that. After that adventure we went home and had birthday donuts.

Since it was Saturday, the boys needed a bath. We told Nathaniel that he had to start showering by himself when he was eight so he did. He was nervous at first but he did great. Whew! Two brave things in one day! Here it is in his own words.

At the risk of making this post too long, I'm going to tell you about Sunday's party too. Everyone was there for dinner except Jared, who was in Chicago learning how to be an effective leader. I guess you can only go to Chicago for that. Jaaromy's family came for cake and ice cream. It was great having both families there.

I love this picture of Nathaniel right after he blew out his candle.

Grandma Bonnie gave Nathaniel a parachute launcher and all the uncles had fun playing with it. They had even more fun when it got stuck in the tree and they each took a turn trying to get it down.

Uncle Chris got it down first. Later it got stuck again and Uncle Scott got it down. They were the heroes.
It was so much fun. I love my family.

Here's one more picture, just for fun.

I love the look on her face!

BTW, we celebrated Brigham's birthday too, but I'm saving those pictures for his actual birthday. Stay tuned.