Matt's mom, Granny Gogi, bought Tripp and Gentry a swing set for their Christmas/Birthday present. It was delivered the 11th, and they have loved it so much. Gentry loves to swing, while Tripp loves to climb and go down the slide. This video Tripp is very proud of himself for climbing up the slide. Pretty funny......

So Tripp and Gentry are officially 2 years old! I can't believe it. This passed week was a lot of fun. Wednesday, their birthday, we took them to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch and then had Nana, Granny Gogi, Granny Ella, Aunt Lauren, and little Ella over for dinner. We ate and had birthday cookies. We put candles in their cookies to blow out and once we started singing Happy Birthday, Gentry started freaking out.... she is afraid of the birthday song. She did the same thing at her little preschool. They sang to Tripp and he loved it and blew out the candles, but when it was Gentry's turn, she started screaming crying and refused to let them sing or give her anything for her birthday. The same thing happened here at dinner. So funny because it was all family and she was still scared. So Tripp enjoyed the attention and blew his candles out.
We had a birthday party for them at the Kid's Zone at the Dell Diamond baseball field on Saturday. My mission before this was to get Gentry to be alright with the song and blowing out her candles. We practiced for two days blowing out candles and singing. She loved doing this! By the time the party got here, she was ready. We got them a Dora cake that I knew they would love.... they could have cared less! Anyway, the party went great. We had a bounce house, play scape, basketball court, trampoline, and rock wall (for the older kids). Once it was time for cake, we all sat down and I started to bring the cake over to the table and people began to sing. Tripp was in heaven.... Gentry started crying and would not let Matthew put her down! So, we sang and Tripp blew out both sets of candles. Afterward, she was fine. They both ate their fair share of cake and cupcakes.
In other news, Tripp has taken off with his speech. He repeats EVERYTHING you say. He is even talking in small sentences. My favorite is "mom, where are you?" which really sounds like, " momwhereareyuuuuu" all ran together. Gentry is making her way, but letting her brother take the reigns on the talking thing. She is saying plenty, just not as much as Tripp. She sure knows how to be a stinker and do things she's not supposed to on purpose though! She should win an Academy Award for fake crying on cue. I love it. It is very entertaining in the Kata household as of now. I'm sure it will only continue to get better....