Monday, February 7, 2011

Birthday Pals!

Koen has two best friends in this world currently and they actually have not changed since we lived in Erie. Tessa and Kade. (although I think Tessa little brother Beckham is definitely el numero tres :) These two little buddies of his have birthdays just a week apart. Being able to go to their birthday parties within the same week was JUST FABULOUS.

Kade had a bowling party. Kade loves bowling and pretty much any other sport/interactive game. Koen not so much. lol He loves toys and using his imagination. (luckily Kade is generally happy to do what Ko wants which works out nicely in their friendship) So the place they went bowling had an arcade...Koen was much more interested in winning some "prizes" or "junk" as I call it, than bowling. I ended up staying there and babysitting him so he didn't wander. ;) He was pretty stoked about all Kade's presents and the donut with chocolate frosting, his fav! Best of all was the arcade game he got to play at the end. He of course picked one where he would win tickets...with all 4 tickets he got himself a sweet magnifying glass.(junk:) I thought it would be fun to add a picture from a few years ago.This is in March of 2008, so almost 3 years ago.


Tessa's birthday party was a few days later and she had a build-a-bear party. Koen had really been building up to this. He checked out the bears and stuff online in preparation. He got exactly what he had looked at and was very happy with it. He named his bear Green Garden Bear, GGB as we call him. Such a fun little party. I was able to go with them and thought it was so great because as a parent you really didn't have to do anything, the little host guy entertained the whole time! Perfect! The older pic of Koen and Tess is from Feb 2008.

 I love these two little BF's of Ko's like they are my own. I love knowing that they will always be friends because Kade is his cousin and Tessa is our next door neighbor. I am excited to see how things will change and evolve as they grow up. Too cute!

5 comments:

Chris and Malissa said...

I have to admit something... LOL. I'm jealous of your neighborhood! There I said it. haha:) There are so many young families and you have lots of friends in there. My neighborhood is LAME!!!! :)

Stacey said...

Oh it is fun to remember what all the kids looked like when they were are younger. Koen is a lucky guy to have such good friends.

The Christensen's said...

So So FUN that you have pics of them when they were much younger and now..keep that up so when Ko is old enough to ask Tess out on a date they can see how much fun they had together as kids!

brady and britton said...

I love that Koen named his bear Green Garden Bear! He has such a good imagination. I love him so much and just want to squeeze him!

Gina said...

Special Lesh. I am glad they (whether they like it or not) will always be friends. Sorry about the party. Would have been a nice break for you. Bummer.