A month in review part 2 -- birthdays

We took LB to CFA for breakfast on his birthday.  Since it was right in the middle of our moving, we weren't able to buy him any presents.  Thankfully, OMA came to the rescue and had an amazing box full of treats that LB loved.

DINOSAURS! 

MATOR!!!!

MCQUEEN OUTFIT!!!!

Memma had some doughnuts for him in the afternoon.  We got to sing him happy birthday then.

The following week, on the 20th, day before Emma's birthday, we celebrated BOTH kids' birthdays.  We had full intentions of keeping it small due to my BIL's wedding, but by the time we included family and a few additional friends, we had a total of 30 people in attendance.  It was our first event we hosted in our new home, only 9 days after having moved in.

Emma does not like cake, so she requested brownies for her cake instead.  She wanted sprinkles on top.

On the menu -- CFA nuggets and tenders (about the only meat LB will eat), Costco spring rolls, Costco taquitos, watermelon, and salad.  It was all gone by the end of the night!

The nice thing about having children with close enough birthdays is that you can celebrate them together.  Nice for our wallet, and nice for our family and friends who don't "have" to come out twice.

The part that we were NOT anticipating, and thus was a bit chaotic, was gift-opening time.  Kids went nuts with the presents, and everybody was wanting to open them all at the same time.  It was a fun time.  And kids talked about it for days after.  The party was a huge hit!

Emma got her first tea set, which she has thoroughly enjoyed!

The damage.

Dish washer is broke, so we cleaned the entire party by hand.

Emma and the scooter Mommy and Daddy gave her.  She had requested it.  And has thoroughly enjoyed it.