Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Oh Geez, Liam is Three

I was so excited for Liam’s Birthday this year. Liam was so excited for his birthday this year, even though he would forget until one of us reminded him.  Months ago I had Liam look at a blog that listed 30 boy parties.  He decided out of all of them that the Crayon Party was the one he wanted.  Then he started to get into Tow-Mater (from Cars, in case you didn’t know). So I thought I would plan a Mater party. I had it mostly planned and then talked to him about it and nope he wanted a Crayon Party. So here it is.

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We started out the day by having his favorite breakfast: Waffles, Strawberries, and Cool Whip.  The Cool Whip actually being his favorite part (and if you’ve been following our blog you will know that this is what we have for all Birthdays.  We LOVE it!

DSC_1002Liam chose this Goblet cup.  His big day, I guess it makes sense.

After our yummy breakfast we went to the reservoir to swim.

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DSC_1020Liam thought he was swimming and was super excited to show me.

Then it was home for naps and then “Party Time”

DSC_0007Liam with his cousins Nash and Bridgette (or “Gibette” as Liam would say)

First we made our own crayons by melting down old crayons in muffin tins. DSC_0008  I did not take a picture of the end result, but they turned out pretty cool.

We went through almost every kid game I could think of.  They only took 5 min so we had to do a LOT to take up time.

DSC_0010 DSC_0014  Playing musical chairs or musical towels.  My brother, Mark, dad to Bridgette and Nash, Played along with Jamon. 

Then Present time.

DSC_0016 DSC_0022     DSC_0033 He loved putting money in his piggy bank.

DSC_0023A hug for Aunt Jodee for giving him a golf set.

Liam got a Little People Farm, Hungry Hungry Hippo (which he is obsessed with), and a Piggy Bank from us.  A Golf set, water toys, bouncing ball thing, puzzles, and Lightening McQueen from friends and family.  Thanks Everyone.

DSC_0021Asher did exactly what he did on his Birthday.

For Dinner we had a Taco/Salad Bar. 

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I put the food together in color groups and then tried to put them all in a rainbow.  It could’ve looked better, but it definitely couldn’t have tasted better.

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My Sister, Jodee, and I had fun making this cake.  Most of the fun was trying to get the colors to be bright.  They turned out exactly like I wanted them too.  DSC_0053

The candles are so annoying.  I wish I would’ve taken pictures without them.

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We were most worried about the inside colors not being bright enough.  They turned out PERFECT though.

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I am really happy with how it turned out.

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I couldn’t get Bridgette to move so I could get a picture of Liam alone.  She was too excited.

DSC_0069DSC_0071DSC_0073DSC_0076DSC_0061DSC_0062Liam’s teeth look blue, because he couldn’t wait until after pictures to take the top off the blue crayon.         

Overall a great Birthday.  Liam totally enjoyed being around cousins and especially being at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.  Thanks to my family for making it special for him.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIAM

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Happy, Happy, Birthday

(Let me start out by saying I’ve had a heck of a time getting Asher’s One year and Birthday posts published.  I finally figure it out and then I delete the Birthday Party Post. Drive me Crazy.  So here is the third draft of this post.)

Asher woke up on his Birthday June 6th to Helium Balloons floating around the house.  His face was in awe at this sight.  He would’ve been fine if that’s all I did for him.  He Loved them.  We didn’t stop there though.  I made him a yummy breakfast consisting of waffles and strawberries, minus the cool whip and syrup (I’m not ready for him to know that yummy-ness yet).  We were having his party the next day so we didn’t do much else on his actual birthday, except go to the park and play outside.

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Asher’s party guests consisted of Aunt Jodee, Uncle Bryce, Uncle Ammon, Aunt Leslie, Jaxon and Tess. I have no pictures of the guests except these two cuties.

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We ate pizza, played in the sandbox, and played with bubbles.

DSC_0802-1I have no idea why I don’t have any picture of Asher during these activities.

 

Then it was present time.

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Asher didn’t do that bad opening his presents.

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This is all he wanted to do with the boxes. 

Even the next day when I put the airport together he still only wanted to stand on the box.

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Liam and Jaxon could barely contain themselves.  So I finally let them help with the last gift.

 

Now for the Cake 

I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out, except that I did the writing as I was taking it out to Asher, so it looks real bad.  Jodee helped ice it and made the cars…she’s incredible.

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This is the only picture I got with Asher and the lit candle. His hand is on its way to put out the flame. No blowing for this kid.

Asher did not disappoint with the eating and destroying of the cake.

First he just dipped his fingers in

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Then he enjoyed a little more

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Then he got serious.

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Then total destruction

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and the cake was no more.

DSC_0877-1 This is all that was left of the cake.

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This was the adult cake.  Caramel Frosting around and through the cake along with caramel sauce. 

Yes, it was SUPER sweet, but oh so yummy!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHER!