I took Crew to Disneyland for a belated birthday date. After the third ride or so, he told me, “I’ve been waiting for this day for so long.” Later, he told me, “This is the best day of my life!” Disney days are so different with each of my boys…
When you’re six, your birthday is everything. At six years old, Crew is obsessed with sharks and dogs and his mama. A few days after Crew’s actual birthday, we had 20 five to seven year olds over for a shark-themed birthday party. We split the kids into groups and rotated…
We celebrated Nash’s 9th birthday with his favorite activity. We had very melty pizookie instead of cake. The boys love to mix around the letters on the letter board. A few days later, I took Nash on his Disney date. We met up with our cute friends who were in…
We kicked off December with Blake’s birthday and our sweet old neighbor girls brought him a gift. He had a backyard movie night birthday party with a bunch of friends. I helped in the kindergarten STEM lab a few times a month. There were lots of high-tech activities to…
Just like that, my baby turned four. He only had one wish for his birthday; a robot cake. I did my best to make his robot cake dreams come true, even though it meant scrambling at the last minute to find the right cake pan and cake supplies. Finn’s birthday…
Troy surprised me over my birthday weekend with a night away in La Jolla. We walked around to watch the sea lions, set up our beach chairs at a grassy park overlooking the ocean, talked until sunset and ate at a delicious Italian restaurant. Apparently I can’t smile normally for…
Crew always manages to convince us to have a birthday celebration with friends. It’s hard to resist the level of persuasion and excitement he has about birthday parties. I didn’t mind too much this year because his idea was to gather at a new local park. All it required was…
I know of no one who is as excited about holidays, especially birthdays, than Crew. His 5th birthday fell on a Sunday and he couldn’t wait to get through church and celebrate. He opened a few gifts and showed off the charts excitement for each one. We went to the…
We kept Nash’s eighth birthday simple because his baptism and after party were the next day. We were lucky to have both sets of grandparents in town for the event and we celebrated with dinner and cake. Eight things I love about Nash: He is a true middle child. He…
Our very last Disney day before our annual passes expired deserves its own post because if you ask Blake, this was the best day of his life to this point. We set out early on our traditional birthday date and arrived at the park just before opening. I surprised him…
