Basketball Game

The Bridgepoint Bear's basketball team made it to the Clark County Final Four! The kids and I went to Jeff High this morning to see them play.
For my kids, sporting events are all about the food! From the time we walked in the door, they begged for popcorn. Gabriel is giving me his "Are you seriously taking my picture while I'm eating?" look.
Grace wanted a hot dog AND popcorn. For 50 cents, it wasn't worth arguing with her. Sometimes, I think this chic has a hollow leg!
Grace kept scooting on the bleachers closer and closer to Braelyn. Braelyn kept scooting away, but there was no escaping Grace. Ha Ha!
Here is our boys team at the free throw line. They won! I think the score was 27-13!

Minute to Win It

Bridgepoint had Family Game Night last night. Dan picked the kids up from my school when on his way home from work. Before he took the kids home, they tried out a few of the games.
This game was called Junk In the Trunk. Gabriel had a tissue box tied around his waist with 9 ping pong balls inside. He had one minute to jump and wiggle until all of the balls came out.
I don't remember the name of this game. There was a pencil standing up on its end about 5 feet away from the tape line. You had to roll a marble and knock the pencil over. Daddy did on his first try. I'm pretty sure Gabriel rolled about 30 marbles and never hit the pencil.
On this game you had to snap a towel and fling ping pong balls into a bucket.
This game was called Dicey. You had to stack five dice on the end of a tongue depressor. The tongue depressor was supposed to be in your mouth, but it was hard enough for Grace just holding it in her hand.
The game was called Caddyshack. You had to stack 3 golf balls on top of each other. It sounds impossible, but we have a parent at school who can do it with very little difficulty. He's the only person I've EVER seen do it though.

It was a fun night at school for all of the students and families who attended. It was really nice of the PTO parents to allow the Ellnor crew to test drive their fun activities.

Gabriel is 5!

Gabriel wanted to celebrate his birthday tonight at Chuck E. Cheese. So we had an evening of pizza, games, rides, and fun.
Grace was more than happy with Gabriel's choice of birthday celebration.
Gabriel played one of their new games and won some tickets! Whoo Hoo!
Grandma and Papaw joined us for pizza and games.
Grace was my girl tonight. She followed me everywhere I went. I love my cute little shadow.
Papaw helped Gabriel play a game.
This was the game that Gabriel won big on!
Just as we were walking out the door, Chuck E. himself showed up.
When we got home, Mommy and Daddy had a gift for Gabriel.
Ramone's Color Changing Body Shop and some color changing Cars!! He has asked for this every time he's seen the commercials on t.v.
Grace cashed in some tickets at Chuck E. Cheese and got some Fun Dip. She ate the candy stick first and then poured the powdered dip into her mouth.
She spilled blue-green powder all over herself, the carpet, and me. Silly Girl!

Happy Birthday, Gabriel! We love you and very proud of you!

Tubes #2

It was Gabriel's turn to get tubes Monday morning. He was very nervous. He did well though. The procedure is SO fast it's unbelievable. He woke up having a little ear pain, but felt great for most of the day afterward.

Monday afternoon Grace had a follow-up appointment with the pediatrician. Her pneumonia is completely cleared. Her ears looked great too!

For the first time since Thanksgiving weekend, neither of the Ellnor children are taking antibiotics.

Battle: Nerf Guns

So . . . Uncle Brian and Erin gave Gabriel a Nerf gun for his birthday, and he loves it. However, it had been the center of many Sunday afternoon. Grace wanted to shoot it, and Gabriel didn't want her to. Daddy tried to sneak in a few shots, but then the victim would have no way to defend themselves. Therefore, I made the executive decision that we needed more than one Nerf gun to keep peace in the family. Is that ironic? Grace and I made our way to Toys 'R Us and bought two more Nerf guns.
Here is how the battle went down.

Yes, at one point, Daddy took a hostage.

Grace was his look-out girl and dart collector.
Poor Gabriel was out numbered.

Who do you think had more fun here? Daddy? Or Gabriel? I'm sure this is one of many Nerf battles that will take place in the Ellnor house.

Birthday Gift Fun

Gabriel's favorite gift from his birthday party was a Mario Wii game the Grandma and Papaw gave him. When his birthday party ended, he went straight to their house to play Wii. We didn't come home until after dinner, so it didn't leave much time for Gabriel to dig into his other presents.
The Rock'em Sock'em game from the McAfee's was a hit though. It was the first gift that he wanted opened at home. He and Daddy had a fierce boxing matching.
Gabe was laughing so hard at the boxing guy's head popping up.
Sunday after church Gabriel opened his Lego camper set from the Lewis'. Dan was pretty eager to get into this one too.
Grace wanted to "help" but ended up being fussed quite a bit. I think she's a little young to help with Legos just yet.
Gabriel thought the camper set was so cool.
And here's the Nerf gun. Gabriel has been talking about a Nerf gun forever now, and I haven't paid much attention to him. Uncle Brian knows just the right thing for a little boy though. Boy, has this Nerf gun been a hit!

Bowling Birthday

Gabriel celebrated his 5th birthday Saturday afternoon with a bowling party at Blackiston Bowl. It's so hard to believe that he's turning 5 years old, and he will be starting kindergarten in the Fall. I feel like I gave birth to him just a few weeks ago. Time flies when you're having fun! And since God has blessed us with this kiddo, we've had a ton of fun!
This is Gabriel's friend, Jake. Jake is Gabriel's buddy from Mrs. Staci's house. When Gabriel started staying at Mrs. Staci's house, he was 7 months old and Jake was nearly 2. Now, Jake is 6, and Gabriel is turning 5 . . . hard to believe.
The kids had a ball bowling. Here are Gabriel and Jake checking out the scoreboard. I'm not sure if they wanted to see whose turn it was or if they were already worried about who was winning.
Dan spend a lot of time visiting with PawPaw. He doesn't get to do that very often.
Grace was WAY too busy to sit in Papaw's lap.
Gabriel had this thing about getting a running start toward the lane, then launching the ball as hard as he could.
Grace had a slow little trot up to the lane and a weak little push to get the ball down the lane. It took her ball FOREVER to get to the pins.
A little more than halfway through the big boys' game, we stopped and had some pizza for lunch.
Then the bowling continued. Zach was so cute . . . he did this every time he rolled a ball down the lane.
Billy and Daddy solved all of the world's problems, I'm sure.
Barbara, Grampy, and Grandma tried to keep Miss Grace's hands out of the cake.
Abby didn't seem to be too into the bowling thing. She bowled a few times, then wanted to color.
Here is Gabriel's power launch.
Jake M. was an awesome little bowler. We blinked one time, and he was running down the bowling lane. He made it halfway down the lane before he turned around and came back.
Sam did not look too happy with his score for that frame.
Jake had a good technique for a six year old.
When bowling was finished, it was time to have cake. Gabriel chose a Lightning McQueen cake with chocolate cake and chocolate icing.
"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!"
I think Jake enjoyed his cake. It's a good thing he got a piece with very little icing. I can only imagine how he'd look if he'd had a lot of icing on his cake.
Grandma helped Gabriel read his cards.
Sam and Jackson helped Gabriel open his gifts. He got some super fun gifts. I guess you'll see all about that in the NEXT post.