Birthday Parties

April is a busy month in our family.  We have three grandchildren that have celebrated birthdays this month.  Hubs birthday is this month also but I can tell you about it later.  I am really struggling to decide on a gift for him. So the last two weekends have included birthday parties and I have surly had my limit of birthday cake and ice cream.  My middle daughter has two sons born in the month of April.  She planned a really fun party and celebrated the two birthdays at once.  The party was held in a train car that was reserved just for the party.

The train runs for about a hour ride.  When it gets to the halfway point the engine disconnects from what was the front and reconnects at the other end for the journey back.  

 

The Birthday Boys! Great looking guys, don't you think so?

Friends

Cousins

I think the conductor looked like Captain Kangaroo.  Do you all remember him?  He punched all the kids tickets.

After the train ride the engineer took some pennies the kids had and placed them on the track before they moved the train into another area of the train yard.  The kids all got one for a souvenir of their trip.  I thought it was really a great idea.

This past weekend we celebrated our oldest granddaughter turning five.

Her mommy took her to a 3-D movie and she got a big girls bike.

Just look at that face.  It makes my heart melt.

We all took a walk after the party and the birthday girl had to get lessons on how to use the brakes.  She really had a hard time pushing the peddles the right way to stop the bike.  At one point she was going downhill quite fast and grandpa had to sprint to grab her just before toppling over.  She also ran into a few things because she was use to peddling her old bike backwards.  I think it is great fun to watch the little ones learning new things and am so thankful I live within an hours drive and get to participate in all their lives.