Impromptu Birthday Party

Al's sister, Ann, came home this weekend and for a present for her birthday I made her supper and cake!!! I finally got to use my new Dutch oven table and made that turkey in the Dutch Oven that I was talking about! Yummy yum!


Then, Al's mom, Lucille, made party potatoes and I insisted they go in the Dutch oven because there's nothing like party potatoes in the Dutch Oven!!! Heavenly! Can you tell I like food??
Finally, Emily and I tried to make a Waldorf cake because Ann loves Waldorf cake...Not as easy as it looks and not just exactly as the recipe says. Needless to say, they had to help me make the frosting (because they are pros) and my cookbook has many notes on that page now! But it tasted great and we got to sing happy birthday!!
On a side note, Ann, got that new Canon pictured for her birthday! Be jealous! It's an awesome camera! Can't wait to see some of the pics!!!
Hope your day was great Ann!! Happy ** birthday!!!*smile*

Bowling

My baby boy turned 6 March 13th!

It's amazing to me how much time has gone by as I can remember his birth sooo clearly! I visited Kindergarten on Carter's birthday. What a fun time! Carter made sure I had a milk and cookie at snack time and he asked his teacher if I could borrow her mat for rest time...such a thoughtful boy! He got to read a book in front of the class while I was there, too. He is getting so grown up! It is still hard for me to look at him and try to imagine him as a man who might not want to hug me every time he sees me. Especially when Carter says, "Oh Mommy I love you soo much I just have to hug you!!" and he leaps at me regularly. I am very proud of the big boy he is becoming and I am sure the man will be awesome too!

For his party, we went bowling. He got to have 4 friends, 2 girls and 2 boys from his class, the neighbors and all of the cousins were home and got to come along!! Wow! We had a bowling theme, bowling ball and pin cake, bowling napkins, etc. The bowling alley even decorated a pin with green paint and stickers for him to take home!! What a fun party!! We could be as loud as we wanted and the kids got food and to run around! What more could you ask for?!

All in all we had a great time and Carter is one year older! I survived!

Casey's Birthday Party ***EDITED***

**I added this sign that Carter made for Casey because he did such a good job all by himself!**













We had a 2 year old birthday party for Casey, Sunday at the Library. They have a nice big room available for meetings, etc. It has a huge projection screen, open space, etc. So, we brought the Wii and our bean bag game; I bought punchy balloons and parachute men and we headed out. We got there early to set up. The kids hung the posters they and their cousins had made for the big event, I worked on the food and bean bag game, while Al set up the Wii. As he is unpacking the game, he says, "oh here is a present for Casey" and he hands it to him. Of course Casey opens it and then insists on wearing it!!! Of course Casey wore his new Thomas the train pjs from us the whole party and two days later he still has them on!!!! Emily made the sign pictured. You can click on it to make it bigger and read it. I thought it was so sweet! We had an Elmo cake because it was easy for me to create and because Casey begs for Elmo every time we turn around. He got an Elmo DVD for Christmas and he wants to watch it all the time. I finally bought another one so I could quit watching the same DVD over and over. He still asks for the first one 9 times out of 10! Oh well...Everyone had a great time, especially Casey. His actual "Happy Day" is Thursday. I can't believe he is 2 already! It seems like last week when we were being told "We've got boy parts!" when we were expecting girl parts!!

We love you just the way you are Chubber Bubs and we are so blessed to have you! Happy Day!