Riley's 6th Birthday

Last year for Riley's outdoor birthday party it began to pour just as friends and family were arriving. This year for his outdoor water party, we got a lot more water than we bargained for. Just as people were dropping their kids off, it began pouring. But determined me (determined to not have all 11 kids running around inside) I went ahead and set up the slip n slide and all the other stuff. I looked like a drowned rat! About half the kids went for it and played out in the rain. The other half weren't so sure and opted to come in frequently for breaks from the rain. CRAZY RAIN! You'd think it was safe to plan an outdoor party for August 1st.

You can see the rain coming down in this picture.

Kids taking a break in the house. Who doesn't love lot's of wet kids running around the house :)

Doggie Pile! I miss those. Maybe I can still get my friends to do one with me.

"Red rover red rover, send Riley right over!"

Riley looks fierce running during the red rover game. I keep telling him to stop growing and he usually answers with this "I have to grow mom. Don't you want me to be a cop?" I am shocked that my little 7lb 12 oz baby boy is 6. Sometimes I try to curl him up like a little baby and rock him. I love watching the changes in his personality as he grows, and they way he has gone from baby to toddler to little boy to big boy! It's kind of sad. But I have made him promise me he will never move more than 30 minutes away.