Happy Birthdays

Happy Birthdays

This past weekend was all about getting older--for better or for worse. The Currier family had invites to four birthdays this weekend.

Each birthday took place in a different park around town. It started with the oldest first--Kyu's birthday was on Saturday. I believe the official theme was "dork games." He's seen here playing croquet. On Sunday J's first party from 11-3 was for a girl in his class last year. He had to keep his energy up, though, because the double Braun birthday party was from 3-5.

BJ the Clown made an appearance at this party, and I got some great pictures of the kids laughing and yucking it up with the clown. (Now, in general, I'm NOT a fan of clowns, but BJ is awesome. )

24 Hours in Newport

24 hours in Newport

Newport, Oregon 3:00 PM Saturday to 3:00 PM Sunday. Ever since J's birthday party, when he adopted a wolf eel from the Newport aquarium, he has been begging to go. So we spent Saturday night in Newport with the Brauns, a quick end of summer trip for us and a before baby trip for the Brauns.

We stayed at this great inn on the beach, but the kids could have cared less about the view. They wanted to jump on the beds!

We went to see the tide pools below the Yaquina Head Lighthouse, my favoite part of the trip because it provided many photo oportunities. And of course we went to the aquarium.

When we got to the aquarium and began searching for the wolf eel, we discovered there wasn't just one--there were several adults and a slithering mass of young-uns, so we're not really sure WHICH ONE J adopted. It didn't really matter because he became obsessed with the giant octopus anyway.

The kids seemed to have a great time hanging out together. I have a few pictures of the babies, uh, I mean two-year-olds, H and G, exploring together. Click on the web album link to see the whole photo story of the weekend.