Happy Birthdays!!

My two sweet middle children, happy birthday to you. It is crazy how time flies. I made the decision for Emmah and Bosston to share a birthday. They both had the same due date (we knew when we were fertile..) and since I am allowed to deliver babies at 39 weeks, I chose May 25th for Emmah and three years later, the same for Bosston. It is a long silly story on why, so I won't get into that. So here we are, five years later for Emmah and two years later for Bosston.

What a glorious day we had. Their birthdays fell on Memorial day this year, which was great. Nick had the day off as well as Dasher. We wanted to go camping, but it didnt' work out, so we entertained ourselves on the homestead.

The day started with breakfast at our favorite family resturant. Mostly, it is our fav because it is so close and we don't have to drive far, but they do have good food. After we were done, we headed to the dollar store, because that store is so much fun and everything is only a buck. It is ridiculous how fast a dollar can add up though. Then we decided to go fishing. A guy Nick works with, hooked us up with six fishing poles. SCORE for us. So far we have been fishing twice and caught a whole lotta nothing. The first time we saw tadpoles and newts and the second time Nick fished the kids played in the water, and Bosston picked up a piece of old dog poop. Another reason I don't do animals and I wish animal owners were more responsible. EEEWWW! When the kids got bored with the "fishing" we headed home to rest up. Bosston needed a nap, Emmah had a party to get too, and I still needed to finish her cake. Emmah has a friend from church that has the same birthday, so she got to go to a princess party!!!!

I had the great idea of having the party at the park... free entertainment, no prep or clean up. It seems that whenever we have people over at our house, I spend the whole day cleaning, and then the following week cleaning up. The park was perfect. Cousins, aunts and uncles and gma and gpa portland met us there for cake and ice cream. Bosston's friend, Mason and his family met us there also. The boys are only four days apart, so it makes it fun to have a friend there. The cake and ice cream were a hit and the kids scored some great gifts. Thanks to everyone.... dress ups for Emmah and the potty time book with Elmo for Bosston. I have that one pretty much memorized. I was exhausted by the time we got home, I fell asleep on the couch. As the kids get older, the parties will be crazier.......