Joe’s first birthday without brother Uncle Jon is spent getting a good cheer up at Memphis Kiddie Park, followed by a quiet splash in the back yard, and ice cream! Select the image below to view the movie.

Celebrating Joe’s birthday by getting away at Memphis Kidde Park, getting splashed in the back yard, and then eating ice cream!

Happy Birthday to You! (David’s 4th Birthday Party)

Happy Birthday to You! (David’s 4th Birthday Party) – 27-Feb-2010

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A smaller gathering of David’s friends, plus their tag-along parents, ventured to the Banks abode on a day with snow (but no blizzard) for David’s latest birthday.

Photo Highlights

Kids and parents. – 27-Feb-2010	Mmmmm, cake. – 27-Feb-2010	Neighbor Naimah. – 27-Feb-2010
Rachel! – 27-Feb-2010	Skating lesson classmate Rachel and school classmate Ellie. – 27-Feb-2010	Jane, Owen, Naimah – 27-Feb-2010

More Video

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Time for cake! – 27-Feb-2010

Playtime. No one wanted to pin the tail on the Donkeysaur (yet). – 27-Feb-2010

– 06-Mar-2009

Sorry it’s been a while since we’ve last been here to post. You’ll see the date stamp as the day after David’s birthday, but it’s actually spring as I write this, if you can believe the weather. Being a family is more enjoyable than writing about it, so that’s always our excuse.

Thanks to everyone who made it over for David’s birthday party. This year was a smaller gathering with only family and next door neighbors, thank goodness. Parties are still a little overwhelming, as you’ll see from the video. David even requested that we NOT sing the Birthday Song, but Daddy wasn’t fully listening, evidently.

After a great day at the orchestra last Sunday with David and Aunt Susie (“Chillin’ Cello,” the last installment of the Cleveland Orchestra’s Musical Rainbows series), which David really enjoyed, the Banks Family is now looking forward to seeing Thomas the Train via the “Day Out with Thomas Series” in the upcoming weeks.

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– 01-Mar-2008

A smaller gathering of close family and friends gathered for David’s 2nd birthday this year. Ever since neighbors Anna and Sophia had their birthdays very recently, and with Anna’s birthday song a regular staple on David’s viewing list (“Watch Annah’s Buthday Potty!”), David had been looking forward to his own birthday song for weeks.

So when his birthday song moment arrived, as you’ll see in the video, David was nearly overwhelmed!

Highlights:

• Anna’s birthday kiss for David. He didn’t protest!
• David loves to push Anna’s stroller, so when she got him his own, it was his favorite toy du moment, as evidenced in the video.
• The Tonka digger (“Truck! Digger!”), for which he can’t wait to take outside. In the spring, Daddy may just have to leave a pile of topsoil for him to play in (same as last year, but this time, left more purposefully than “lazily”).
• Everyone smiling at David’s amazement at the birthday song.
• The weather, cooperating this time.

The Birthday Song Video

Shy for the birthday song.

Shy for the birthday song. – 01-Mar-2008

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More Video

Happy Birthday… Cake? Happy Birthday… Cake? – 01-Mar-2008	David tries out the new stroller, Part 1. David tries out the new stroller, Part 1. – 01-Mar-2008
David tries out the new stroller, Part 2. David tries out the new stroller, Part 2. – 01-Mar-2008	Do you like your digger, Davey? Do you like your digger, Davey? – 01-Mar-2008
David can’t nap after the party! Can you believe it? David can’t nap after the party! Can you believe it? – 01-Mar-2008

[display_podcast] David had his first birthday party on Sunday, February 25th. The icy-glaze weather that day didn’t prevent a good number of close family, neighbors and friends from attending. Anna, Sophia and Isabella gladly helped Davey open his presents, and the whole gang sang the birthday tune, much to the startled surprise of David, who soon forgot about the commotion as soon as his cake arrived, piled high with whipped cream and his two (current) favorite fruits, bananas and pineapple. Thanks to everyone for his presents and for attending.