Blake's Birthday Celebration with Family

This past weekend, we went to my parents to celebrate Blake's birthday with my family. We decided to head out the local fire station for a tour. This was the first time visiting a fire house for almost everyone and the kids really enjoyed it! Blake and Jacob got a little scared when they sounded the sirens and the horn (it was VERY loud), but enjoyed climbing the ladder on the ladder truck. One of the firemen even did a demonstration on how quickly they need to get all their gear on. Everyone seemed pretty impressed.

All the cousins (and grandma, aunt Shelli and Uncle Jim). Blake and Jacob did not want to be in the picture. They were still afraid the siren or horn would go off.

Later, after an afternoon at the park, it was time for cupcakes!

You can't quite fit 7 candles on one cupcake....and there is one extra for good luck.

He blew each candle out individually. After he blew them all out, I relit them to let everyone blow them out. That is, after all, one of the best parts of the birthday celebration.

Time for presents.

Blake received several wonderful gifts. My parents got him a goldfish starter kit and acessories. He also got some other items for the tank, some classic books and a crossword book. When we got home on Sunday, we had to set up the tank right away and once we finished with that, he sat down to read some Robin Hood. He was a very happy boy!

Here the boys are inspecting the tank after we got the fish. Since we had to wait 24 hours for the tank to get established, Peter took Blake out the following night to pick out his fish.

This is Goldie Anthony Blumenfeld (Blake's)

A shot of the tank all decked out.

It is hard to tell, but there are two more fish in there. One is right behind the pirate ship (the front sail). I think that one is Goldie Mason Blumenfeld (Parker's). The other fish is laying in the lower right corner of the tank, just above the gravel. That one is Goldie Tyler Blumenfeld (Jacob's). Both Goldie M and Goldie T are brownish in color, but GM has spots on his body and GT has a black band of color on his. We are all proud to say that two days later, they are still alive and happily swimming around!