HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALYSSA!
First the kids got to go into the gym. In there, it is like a field day for the kids. They can climb, jump, swing, balance, play with balls, run all over, dance, ANYTHING! 
Usually the staff chooses some activities to do with the kids that are geared towards the age group and development. Since most of our guests with children canceled, we didn't have many kids. 5 kids all together and 3 of them were mine. Ella was the oldest at 5 years old, and so the attention span was not there. They tried a few activities but neither Timothy or Mason would participate. But Ella did, she was such a trooper with the little ones!
Then after about an hour or so in the gym we moved to a different room to do the cake. My mom had 2 cakes made at McArthurs's Bakery. A small smash cake for Taylor and a Nascar cake for Timothy!
As soon as we started singing Happy Birthday Timothy had a melt down. I am not sure why, but he did this on his actual birthday too when we had cake and tried to sing to him. I think he has anxiety with crowds. He would not even eat any cake at all!
Taylor had just had a bottle because I wasn't sure when we would be doing the cake. So I am not sure if she just wasn't all that hungry or if she didn't like the taste, but she wasn't all that impressed. She didn't really dig in like I remember the boys doing. Both Timothy and Mason made huge messes with their 1st birthday cakes, but not Taylor. She stayed fairly clean!
Then it was finally present time. For some reason Timothy didn't want to open his presents himself. He must have been in a "mood" that day. So my dad had to help him! Both Timothy and Taylor got some awesome gifts!
A huge thanks to all our family and friends who came out to help us celebrate. It meant a lot to us to have you all there! It was a great time!
Timothy and Taylor's birthday party at The Little Gym. Taylor was not too sure about the cake. I cannot believe how big my babies are!
Then we lit the candle, turned the lights off, and sang happy birthday to my big guy. He was NOT thrilled. He began to hide his face and cry because for some reason he did not want us to sing to him! He did that to me when he woke up that morning and I tried to sing to him. How funny is that?! 
The cake was delicious, and you could tell the boys liked it by all the icing on their faces!
Then of course it was present time! Mason was such a good boy and helped his brother open the presents. There was no fighting, yelling, or crying.
New Lightning McQueen undies!
Some clothes.
A new Nerf gun!
And a monster truck from great grandma and grandpa!
It was a great night! But by the time we were all done and cleaned up, it was going on 9:30. The boys were extremely tired, and neither Tim or I really wanted to drive all the way back home. So we decided to stay the night there and head home in the morning.
Sounds like a good plan except, I forgot that I needed to go to my moms the next day because she wanted to give Timothy his gift. That morning I really needed to run home so we could all change clothes, and I could maybe jump in the shower. But I just couldn't bring myself to drive 30+ minutes all the way to our house, and then turn around and drive right back to my moms.
So that morning when Tim left for work, the kids and I left Tim's grandparents house and swung by my mom's. We had the same clothes on from the day before, I was tired, and I just really wanted a hot shower. So in case you are wondering, that is why Timothy has the same clothes on from the night before.
I promise we shower and don't wear the same clothes 2 days in a row, under normal circumstances!
He got a the Lightning McQueen racing game for the Wii, and the steering wheel for the game! He was SO excited! We opened it right a way and he played it the whole time we were at grandma's. And he has been asking to play it everyday since!
I think Timothy had a great birthday! I am so excited for his and Taylor's party on Sunday. So bare with me, we will have a few more birthday posts!
