Happy Birthday Graham!

This past Saturday was also Graham's THIRD birthday! He had a birthday bash at the Kenwood Gym (imagine a Little Gym, or a Gymboree, but with serious gymnastics classes for the older set). Joe talked about the party pretty much all day long. We arrived, and Our Hero was, at first, stymied. A six year old's birthday was wrapping up at a table in the back and he wanted to make a beeline for that table. He didn't know what all this talk of parachutes and trampolines and "playing" was all about, but he was pretty sure that wasn't the party because he was also pretty sure that a birthday party was supposed to have birthday cake, and that birthday cake can usually be found under the balloons. He allowed himself to be guided on the fringes of the playing, but he could not be coaxed on to the trampoline. (Here, we pause to tell our readers that this trampoline was a long rectangle, at the end of which was a deep mat, and the kids went hopping down the trampoline and into the mat. The Birthday Boy is a champ at this activity, and had the smile to prove it.) Joe was first to the table once the interlopers had vacated with their misleading balloons, and helped set the napkins out. After he ate, he turned to Julie and said "I want to play?" We just had it all backwards you see. (Clara just took this all in. She is reserving judgment for now as to what exactly constitutes a birthday. She is pretty sure it is both cake and playing, but uncertain if the order is as critical as her older brother would have her believe.)

Oh, and for the rest of the weekend, Joe noted to us that Graham was at the Kenwood Gym. Apparently, Graham now lives at the Kenwood Gym.

*Special thanks to Mr. Pat for the photo of Clara. Yeah, he's got like a fancy lens that makes the background all blurry and professional like.