Growing Up Graff

Sunday, February 21, 2010

And now he is 5....

Can you believe it? FIVE years old? I know I can't believe that he will be starting school in six months.

I had his party a little different this year. Usually, we have his parties at our house with all of our friends. Well, I decided to try it at a local park in town - Bee Creek. So, I reserved the pavilion just in case it was STILL raining because up until the week of his party all it did was rain. Plus, I really wanted his classmates to attend the party and us living so far out I was worried that their parents would not want to adventure out.

We had to bring Thomas the Train - not a party without Thomas

Blake with his cousin, Kourtney, and her friend, Allison.

One of the Millhollon girls, Riley

Something about the train all the kids love - possibly because it's Thomas or just something to ride.

Blake's little cousin, Brantley

Avery - one of Blake's classmates

Of course, April made the cake and it was great!

He has been asking for months how long until his birthday. Even at times asking if I could move the months a little faster. Now I wonder how long he will give me until he starts asking again?

Blowing out the candles

So, I wanted a really good pinata...one that would last through quite a beating. So, last weekend we took a a trip to Houston and found a little hole in the wall pinata store. They had the best pinatas everything from Disney princesses, Star Wars, trains and much more. We just happen to arrive at the right time and what did they have a Transformer.

Man....it was one tough pinata.

Blake did everything from hitting to stabbing the poor Transformer. It finally took an adult to break it open.

Of course it was filled with lots of candy!

Overall it was a great party! It was nice having it at the park. All I had to do was show up, have the party, clean and leave. The kids enjoyed the playground and Thomas.

I enjoyed watching my son play with all his friends and celebrate his birthday!

My goal was to post pictures from the day he was born, but I never really got around to scanning them in...mayber later.

So, here is our family five year later.

Blake with his great-grandmother

Blake Michael Graff was born:

February 21, 2005

12:02 p.m.

20 inches long

8lbs

Blake now is:

42 inches tall

37 pounds

and

A BIG BROTHER!

Blake - YOU ARE ONE AWESOME KID!

Your daddy and I love you so much

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Ash Wednesday

"In many cultures there is an ancient custom of giving a tenth of each year's income to some holy use. For Christians, to observe the forty days of Lent is to do the same thing with roughly a tenth of each year's days. After being baptized by John in the River Jordan, Jesus went off alone into the wilderness where he spent forty days asking himself the question of what it meant to be Jesus. During Lent, Christians are supposed to ask one way or another what it means to be themselves...to answer questions like this is to begin to hear something not only of who you are but of both what you are becoming and what you are failing to become. It can be pretty depressing business all in all, but if sackcloth and ashes are at the start of it, something like Easter may be at the end." ~ Anonymous