Birthdays

We've had a couple of birthdays recently.   I can't do all the crazy fancy stuff some moms do for birthdays but I can throw in a few thematic things just for fun.

  

My daughter wanted a beach theme and my son wanted a super hero theme. Here's some pictures from their parties:

 

Show me the loot!

On the 30th of July, my husband came back from his 8week internship in DC. Of course the kids were very happy to see he brought them all gifts from his ventures.

Daddy also came back just in time to celebrate my oldest boy's birthday. Can you guess what he wanted his party theme to be?

They say it's your birthday!

My youngest had a birthday. She had fun making cupcakes with me....

She had fun with grandma and grandpa visiting....

She had fun blowing out her candles....

and opening presents....

But the most fun of all was getting kisses from daddy over skype!

Daddy comes home from his internship in less than 3 weeks WOOO HOOO! He's been gone for 5 and a half weeks. We can't wait to see him again!!

Thank you Dave and Sariah for letting me borrow your Skype. I love you guys!

Making Minions

I got this idea for Minion Cakes online. My kids love the movie "Despicable Me" so much that my boy wanted these for his birthday. They are fun to make but they took me almost 3hrs to make 9 of them! Good thing his birthday only comes once a year.

I love this one. "WHAAAAT?"

4 Teeth for the Tooth Fairy

My 7yr. old girl just turned 8 a few days ago. And for her birthday she's getting Orthodontics.

I know... I didn't think they could start that young either! But she has some teeth growing in pretty crazy and needs Ortho so she doesn't have "shark mouth" (I mean 4 rows of teeth). Yep her permanent teeth are growing behind her baby teeth. She had four extractions of baby teeth the other day. She was as brave as a soldier! She didn't cry or complain with any of the shots and was perfectly still. The dentist was so impressed that he said she could take as many prizes out of the treasure chest that she wanted. That's my girl!

P.S. This is my girl "serving tea" to her frog, Naveen. She's had this orange frog for a year and she's played with it every day. It's been buried in mud, hung from it's toes, stretched, torn, taken on family outings, splashed in the bath and almost turned inside out. From all her play, the frog had become so gross that I couldn't stand picking it up when she left in on the floor.

So for her birthday we said goodbye to Naveen and.... we got her a new rubber frog. It's the same as her old one except green.

Fly me to the moon!

My husband celebrated his birthday last fall. This was the cake I made for him since he is studying Astrophysics.

Growing Up

My oldest boy turned 9 this year. It's hard to believe how fast time has flown. Where does the time go?

Now that's a sharp looking young man! I love this picture of him.

Candles of Firecrackers?

You would think she would be so happy to be receiving her birthday cake for her 2nd birthday?

But no.... she was terrified!!

Why?

Well... just a few days before we were lighting little things like these in our driveway for the 4th of July and they exploded... Our sweet little 2yr. old thought these were firecrackers too, poor thing. I'd be terrified too if someone lit those and shoved them in my face!

It took a while but she finally warmed up to the candles and realized these we not going to explode :)

K*'s First Birthday

K* diggin' into the cake.

Opening presents....

Her favorite present is the stuffed kitty...

K* sitting with Grampa's (my father-in-law on the left & my dad on the right)

Walking with Grandma's (my mother-in-law on the left and my mom on the right)

MJ's Birthday

We celebrated MJ's Birthday last month. He decorated the cake himself, neat ha.

And what makes a boy happier than anything on his birthday.... Underwear of course!

Especially when it's super hero undies!

M*'s Birthday

It was M*'s birthday last month and these are some fun pictures.

My friend Meher brought her daughters Lamis and Arub. She made the birthday cake, isn't that so nice!! I usually make my kids own cakes but Meher wanted to do it for me, how cool.

Meher made this card too. Lamis and Arub decorated the cookie. I think they did a fantastic job!