Posts Tagged ‘birthday’
Hello 29
Posted on: September 8, 2012
On August 3rd I celebrated my 29th Birthday. My final year in my 20s but hey it’s okay, I still feel 16. Except for the fact that I’ve had 3 miscarriages, 2 babies via natural childbirth, several jobs, shingles, & 4 wisdom teeth removed all in my 20s…wait, maybe I DO feel almost 30! God has given me many blessings in my 20s though and I know He has even more plans for me in my 30s. I am just thankful I am alive and well today! I don’t want to miss a moment with my sweet family.
On my birthday I got to enjoy my first 1 hour massage since before Leia was born (only had to wait 4 months) as well as a fun family dinner complete with food from Maggiano’s and an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins. The ice cream cake has begun to be a tradition for my birthdays. It started last year and got me hooked I guess. I mean, if chocolate ganache, Baskin Robbins ice cream and chocolate cake are wrong then I don’t wanna be right. I think my love for ice cream cake started back in my TCU days when my two girlfriends Kim, Amanda and I decided to by ourselves one as our Valentine’s gift to ourselves since we were all single at the time. We bought it at the Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins on “Scary Berry” and you know that’s a scary area when the ice cream cakes are chain locked up in the freezer case. Seriously. I’ll never forget digging into that cake and dancing around to Boyz II Men in our dorm…..wow, that dates me. I really am almost 30 but I don’t care–I still love Boyz II Men 🙂
A Veggie Tales 4th Birthday Party
Posted on: June 5, 2012
Our sweet girl Hannah turned 4 on May 18th and we celebrated in Veggie Tales style the next day with a party at our house. The party itself was only 2 hours (long enough trust me) but the bounce castle was set up by 11 am so you can imagine Hannah’s excitement at getting it all to herself for several hours prior to her party starting. I did make her take a break to eat lunch and lay down to rest which she heavily protested of course. Here is the bounce castle in all its glory:
We rented this from Joe’s Jumps, a local company that serves Denton and surrounding areas. They have a great variety of nice jumpers at great prices so I highly recommend them.
This was Hannah’s first party with friends (aka little people) invited. I definitely recommend a bouncer if kids are involved in your child’s birthday party–it keeps them out of the house, entertained and wears them out so they will sleep well that night 🙂 Here are some of my favorite pics of the kids (big and small) in the bouncer:
H & friend Cameron
Hannah’s Great Grandmother, Oma (yes, she jumped inside too!)
H & her Aunt Tiffany
I made several of the Veggie Tales characters for decorations and games. We did pin the nose on Bob:
Now lets move indoors where I did let the children go periodically 😉 Here is the food table. My friend Megan who owns Tiny Kitchen Cakery, made the adorable Laura the Carrot cake.
Not pictured were the Veggie Tales balloons. I ordered these from the Veggie Tales website and I would NOT recommend them. Many of them busted when Kroger tried to fill them with helium–cheaply made. Of course no party is complete without favors:
It was a great time and so fun seeing Hannah just love life!
Something to Celebrate 