The Volk Family: Rowen's 5th Birthday- Family Party

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Rowen's 5th Birthday- Family Party

On the 28th we celebrated Rowen's birthday with Grammy, Papa, GiGi, Uncle Chris, Aunt Nina, Liz, Matt, Charlie, Logan, and Olivia.

GiGi just recently moved into a new apartment complex that has an indoor pool and a movie theater. Rowen was thrilled when GiGi offered to have his party there.

We started off with lots and lots of swimming. Rowen is becoming much more comfortable with the water and is doing all sorts of brave things ;). the pool is anywhere between 3 1/2 feet and 4 feet deep, so he can stand up on his own throughout most of it (for some reason it is just a tad deeper in the middle).

Rowen and his cousins had a blast playing with all the pool toys.

Here, Rowen is swimming with just a little bit of help from mama!

Pax LOVES the water! he had a great time playing with daddy.

Our family :)

Everyone got tired and a bit chilled so we all ended up in the warming tub.

After we all got dressed it was time to eat pizza and salad then open gifts!

Rowen got this superman costume from Grammy and Papa. He LOVES it! He has worn it almost everyday since. Check out those muscles!!! Rowen received other thoughtful gifts from the rest of the family. He is such a fortunate little boy!

GiGi gives every grandchild/great grandchild a "ball of gifts". Rowen had a great time unraveling his ball and finding all sorts of fun stuff- candy, cars, balloons, etc. Rowen shared his new loot with his cousins!

And finally it was time to break open that Lion pinata that Rowen spied at the 50% off card shop months ago! When it didn't break open after hitting it several times we decided it was best to keep it in tact to save. I dumped the candy out and all the cousins got a few pieces to take home.

Next, we had brownies and ice cream cones. I can't believe I don't have a photo of Rowen eating his birthday treat! Pax sure enjoyed his :).

Last, we all relaxed in the movie theater to watch The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (the 1970's cartoon version). This was Rowen's choice. He enjoyed every minute of it.

What a fun 5th Birthday Party this was! Thanks to GiGi for making it all possible.

1 comment:

This Is The Day said...: Wow what a cool place! It looks like he had a great time! Love the gift ball! What a neat idea!; January 25, 2013 at 4:21 PM

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Rowenisms

Chatter bug...

December 2011:
I overheard Eric and Rowen talking one night while Eric was putting Rowen to bed.
Ro: When I get bigger I will already have a kid.
Eric: You will?
Ro: Yeah- baby brother.
Eric: Oh. Well baby brother will grow up too.
Ro: Oh. Well someday he will be 3.
Eric: When he is 3 how old will you be? You will be 7.
Ro: I will be bigger.

Rowen was drying himself off after a shower.
me: You are such a big boy- growing up way too fast for mama. Please stay little forever! (I am teasing him a bit)
Ro: I am growing up mom.
me: pretty soon you will be as big as daddy and someday you will have little kids of your own.
Ro: NO! I don't want kids.
me: why not?
Ro: because I would have to get married. I don't ever want to get married.
me: why not?
Ro: because I want to live here forever!

November 2011:
Rowen gets a few meanings mixed up...
The one that causes the most drama is the meanings of on accident and on purpose
Ro:"It was on purpose mommy!"
Me: "You mean it was an accident?"
Ro: while crying, "No! On purpose!"
Me: "I think you mean it was an accident."

this goes on and on :)

Rowen has been calling Paxton "Paxti". Cute but we are not sure if little brother is going to like it when he gets older :).

Rowen rubbed my tummy a few months after giving birth to Paxton and gasped, "Mommy is having another baby!".

May:
While eating lunch Rowen bit his tongue, something that happens often to Rowen! He yelled out in pain, very dramatically like he always does. Then he said in a very stern, grumpy voice, "When I am big and play basketball I am going to wear one of those mouth things so I don't bite my tongue!"
I called Eric at work to tell him about this incident because it was so funny to me and Eric said that recently while watching a basketball game together Eric had explained that one of the players had a mouth guard in and that it helped the player not bite his tongue.

January:
During dinner one evening with Grammy and Papa Rowen said, "I am going to count my family."
He started by putting all the fingers on one hand up and while pointing to each finger he said, "Mommy, Daddy, Grammy, Papa," and then with such surprise in his voice and face he pointed to his pinky finger and said, " and there is me!".

After daddy had given Ro a hug before his nap Rowen said, "He is my favorite guy in the whole wide world!"

After reading a book about ocean animals with me Rowen said, "Whales are strange creatures! They eat fish!"

December:
"I love you mommy. You are my favorite person."

"I like Daddy the best!" when getting into a bit of trouble with mommy :). Oh my! What are the teenage years going to be like?

November:
Rowen likes to make up new words all the time. He thinks this is hilarious. One of his favorite new words right now is pinetwine. Don't ask me how he came up with that one but it results in fits of giggles from Ro and mommy and daddy every time! In addition to making up words Rowen likes to change the pronunciation of words- he will mumble words or leave out one important sound or add another sound. We have also heard him try to use a slight British accent a time or two- I'm sure this is from watching way too much Thomas The Tank Engine!

Rowen was telling me about his day at Grandpa and Nana's. He was towards the end of his play by play description of the day...
Ro: Then I took a rest and mommy came to pick me up!
What?! (in a very dramatic voice). I confused my mind! It wasn't mommy it was Grammy!