We scheduled Jackson's bday party for the Saturday after his birthday. Kendall got sick on Wednesday of that week, we thought it was an infection induced tummy sickness. She must have had both an ear infection and the tummy bug because she shared the latter with both me and Jackson. I got sick on Friday and felt okay by Saturday. Jackson woke up feeling puny on Saturday. I thought maybe he was just tired. Nope! He had the tummy bug.
It was too late to cancel the party. So, off we went to Sportsplex with a sick boy. Please, no parenting lectures! Believe me, we suffered enough!
Once we got there, he seemed to be doing a little better. He was really excited and didn't want to miss having the party we had planned. The gym was HOT. Like sweating while you stand there hot. That really didn't help the situation. Our party host didn't know how to play basketball and one of the games was supposed to be basketball. Rock climbing was fun except that they had to wait to go one at a time and we were only allowed 30 minutes to get everybody in. We were supposed to be able to hit in the batting cages, except they were closed. Our party host changed it to kick ball but Jackson was the first one to kick and slid on the base and hurt his knee (the bases were not meant for that type of floor). I finally asked the host if we could just skip to the cake and presents section as I looked at my son who had turned white as a ghost. While a sports party seemed good in theory, we will DEFINITELY not be back to this particular establishment! We were blessed to have supportive, caring family and friends who came and played and celebrated with us anyway!
7th Birthday Party pictures galore...
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| Basketball |
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| Kendall trying to take charge |
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| Lu |
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| AnnaBelle |
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| Ryan |
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| Nathan |
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| Caroline |
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| Taylor |
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| Makayla |
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| John |
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| Rocking a new hairstyle (the favorite of the summer!) |
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| Sister |
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| Brother |
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| The whole gang! |
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| Gearing up to rock climb |
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| Kim and I - celebrating 22 years of friendship! Of course, we met in the womb ;) |
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| I wasn't fast enough to catch him on the wall - he had just fallen back down |
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| Ann helping John |
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| Caroline needed no help - she's a spider monkey! |
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| Kim helping Brother |
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| AnnaBelle and Taylor taking an air-hockey break |
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| Kim helping Sister |
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| Brenna's another spider monkey! |
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| Blake did awesome, too! |
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| Kendall gave it a try |
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| Nathan can climb up anything! |
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| AnnaBelle decided to give it a try. |
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| Yummy Baseball Cake |
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| Getting ready to blow out the candle! |
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| Starting to feel bad again :( The boy who can usually finish his and Kendall's cake ate one tiny bite! |
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Opening presents!
Really feeling bad - Look at that face!
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| Casey, Jessica and Will |
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| Debbie and Yommy |
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| Sarah and Lu |
Jackson fell asleep on the way home. If you know my son personally, you know what a rarity it is for him to take a nap! He slept until 6 that night, got up, drank some water, looked at his presents, laid back down, went back to sleep and woke up the next morning feeling like a champ again! 24 hour tummy bugs - I strongly DISLIKE you!
Verse of the day - "Not only so, but we also glory in our tribulations, because we know that tribulations produce perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5: 3-4
Blessings,
Kelli
What a bummer!! So sorry to hear he was sick on his birthday! What a trouper to try to stick it out!
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