Kyle's 5th Birthday at Remlinger Farms

We were so excited to fly up to Nonna and Grandpa's house.  We wanted to hang out with the family, but we also wanted to be there to celebrate Kyle's 5th birthday with him!  We weren't able to be there on his actual birthday, but we were going to be in town when he had his birthday party at Remlinger Farms! 

My kids were really excited to go there.  We have been there many times over the years to have fun on the rides, trains, and to even pick raspberries for homemade raspberry jam!  This visit, the Halloween area of the farm would be open, too!  We were worried that we were going to get drenched, but lucky for us- the rain stopped literally as we got there!  Just family was coming today.  My little family, my Mom and Dad, Jake and his kids Morganday and Tiernan, Jill and Kyle, and Natalie and Laura.  This was going to be one awesome party!

We were so happy to see our Kyle.  We all love him so much.  He was grinning ear to ear because he knew that it was his special day!  We were led to a little corral where there were birthday decorations, pizza, salad, drinks, and cake waiting for us!  Jill and Jake got all the kids unlimited access to all the rides and the kids could hardly eat they were so excited!

Once they had some pizza, we released them for some fun.  They immediately went to the hay maze where they played tag and tried to hide from one another.  Right next to the maze was a hay trampoline.  The haystacks were stacked about four feet tall and the kids got to jump off them onto an area completely covered in hay.  It was so fun to watch them fly through the air and jump around.  I was preoccupied by watching my little two year old leap from the hay and stick the landing  . . . over and over and over.   I was sure that a bone break was coming, but she avoided injury all together!

There were roller coasters, a petting farm, bouncy houses, a giant tee pee, a course where you got to race your friends with giant tricycles (how much fun is that?), rides that made you super dizzy (thanks Nat for taking the kids on that repeatedly), rock climbing walls, and more subdued rides for the little kids.  It was so much fun and a perfect way to celebrate Kyle turning five!  Jill wanted to keep the balloons that they staff gave Kyle.  My Dad carried them around the farm and within minutes, he was tagged as Carl Fredricksen from the movie, Up.  It was hilarious!  We also got quite a few laughs surrounding the last brown bouncy house.  I can't even go into it.

To end the celebration, we all took a ride on the train that circles the farm and enjoyed the scenery.  Emily kept telling everyone that it smelled like poop.  Lovely.  Kyle is such an amazing little guy.  I really feel a deep connection to him and love spending time with him.  All of our kids loved being with him but Matthew felt especially lucky to spend the whole day with his cousin.  Emily adores Kyle.  Kyle calls her 'His Baby' and has called her that since she was born.  Michael and Claire think Kyle is super cool and so funny. 

Happy 5th Birthday Kyle!  We all love you so much!!!