I guess I should start with Hayley's birthday. She turned the big 2 on November 8th. That Saturday we had tacos for dinner, followed with cake, ice-cream and presents. She was so funny with her birthday cake! She would pick up the entire piece of cake on her fork and basically gnaw at it. I have a short video clip of it but I wish I had the whole cake and presents thing on video. She was a lot of fun! She was clapping while we sang Happy Birthday and said "Yay" with us when she blew out the candle. She's such a sweetheart! Here are a few pictures...
We decorated the tree a couple of weeks ago. It was a lot of fun. We had a lot of helpers and a lot of rearranging to do. LOL! Poor Hayley...everyone was so excited about the tree Hayley was still covered with food from dinner. She found a doll ornament to play with and a box for her head and she was quite content.
Helene's birthday was December 15th. We had the Collins family over for dinner since Aria and Rebecca are two of Helene's favorite friends. Their birthday is December 18th so we had a triple celebration. We had tacos (it's a family favorite!) for dinner a Blue's Clues cake with all three of their names on it, ice cream and presents from the girls to each other. Earlier in the day Helene had opened the rest of her gifts. It was a lot of fun and we all enjoyed the fellowship.
I will never forget the day any of my children were born, but Helene's birth story is especially fun to tell! If you didn't already know, Helene was born in our van on Old Callahan Rd on our way to the Birth Center! My labor was only 2 hours and she was here! We arrived at the center approximately 10 minutes after she was born. It was quite the experience! I call her my little whirlwind!
We are having a themed Christmas tree contest at work and I thought I'd share ours. My team at work is just a little silly. Anyway, I didn't come up with the idea but I did all the artwork. Paul, a co-worker, made the tree from styrofoam . Too funny!
Well, that wraps up this entry. The big kiddos are home from school and I have a ton of things to do! Thanks for checking in!
I'll leave you with a peek of just a few of the 11 (eleven!) cakes that I did in November...
I did not post about Thanksgiving or our trip to MD and NJ, but I will do that in my next entry, which I hope will be soon! :)
8 comments:
Hey! Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog! I was beginning to wonder if anyone had seen it! I love your Christmas tree - it is so beautiful. And the cakes you make are great!!!! I wish I knew how to do that. My boys would just love that camoflauge cake! By the way - as much as you guys like tacos you would love Mexico! Next time we eat tacos we'll think of you guys! Maybe you can come visit some time and get the real thing! Have a wonderful Christmas! (And no, I'm not ready - but I'm getting close!) Rpn wants to pass on a hello to Harley.
God bless you guys.
Jeannie
OOPS!!!!! Not Rpn ---- RON!
Yeah! good to hear from you! i get the busy part! love the tree!!!!!!!!!!! we miss you guys and send our love- it looks like your hand could use a break too!
Your cakes look great!
Enjoyed the birthday pics as well as the Christmas tree pics. Glad to see you back!
Happy Birthday girls! Your tree looks very nice. Hope you all have a nice Christmas.
When you weren't posting, I was beginning to get worried about you, but then I read something about your computer being down. Your cakes are absolutely beautiful - you do a fabulous job! I may be calling you sometime. And, yes I finally got my tree up, at 11:15 Tuesday night. But it is pretty!!! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I love your tree it is very similar to mine only like 10 times bigger. Im glad you all had fun at the birthday party. it looked like a lot of fun.
No, I didn't know you went to Mexico on your honeymoon! Great choice! By the way, Yes, we do need help! :) We'd love to have you guys visit sometime.
Have a happy new year!
Jeannie
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