A Weekend of Celebrations

We have had a weekend full of birthday celebrations! It started on Friday night with Connor's friends party. He decided he wanted to do a sleepover party. YIKES!!! We started out the night with pizza. Thank goodness for Resolve carpet cleaner (that's all I have to say)...

Afterwards, we played some games and smashed a poor Optimus Prime pinata, and then it was on to presents. Connor was extremely spoiled by his friends...

After presents, we moved on to cake! Here's the masterpiece...made with love by me!! (And, if you believed that for even half a second...you don't know me very well!) Actually, it was made by Mr. Smith's Food & Drug. I love that man!

The cake was pretty awesome! The dinosaur was motion activated and would jump out of the mountain and roar at you when you walked past him. As you can probably imagine, with 12 5- and 6-year-old boys, it was quite the hit!

The cake was actually pretty yummy. Again, thank goodness for Resolve!!! I'm going to buy stock in that company! With me as their customer, their earnings report must be through the roof!

After cake, the boys watched a movie. Connor wanted to watch "Dinosaur". It's a Disney movie that came out a few years ago. All the boys really liked it & really got into it!

After the movie, the kids that weren't sleeping over were picked up by their parents & everyone else "went to sleep". And, by "went to sleep", I really mean "laughed their heads off for the next hour". Then, they finally fell asleep thanks to some gentle parental coaxing. :)

In the morning, Mike made the boys pancakes in whatever shape they wanted & then the boys that were still here sat around and watched cartoons until it was time to go home.

It was a really fun party & I think all the kids had a blast!

Later that day, Mike's parents came & picked up Connor and Aiden and took them to Cornbelly's for the day. I guess they had a blast running through the corn maze & sliding down all the slides. While they were there, Mike, Cohen & I went to Dan's (my bro-in-law) rugby game against UVU. Unfortunately, Utah State lost...but it was still fun to watch. I love watching rugby...they basically just beat each other up & call it a game. One guy had a big gash in his forehead. He just wrapped his head and kept playing...CRAZY!!! Anyway, it was fun. Oh, and by the way, I don't have any pictures because I forgot my camera. After that, we met up with Mike's parents and took the kids to Toys 'R Us to go shopping for Connor's birthday (which is actually on Tuesday). We wanted to see what things he was interested in. Then, Mike distracted him while I "went to the bathroom"...and by "went to the bathroom", I mean "bought his presents and hid them in the back of the car". Afterwards, we all went to dinner at Golden Corral. Fun times!

Today, we held a birthday party for Connor & Mike (whose b-day is this upcoming Saturday) with my family. We ate dinner and then moved on to, what else, the presents...

Again with the spoiling...

Mike was spoiled too. And, he was given many "old man cards". Here he is imitating the guy on the cover of the card. It was too funny not to post!!!

Then, we moved on to the cake. I really, TRULY made the cake this time...I'm not even kidding. It was a banana cake. I got the recipe from my friend, MaryRuth. It was delicious! I'll have to post the recipe sometime. It was like banana bread...but cake...with this really yummy frosting. Delish...and easy to make! Hey, if I can do it, you KNOW that ANYONE can do it!

It was a really fun party! Thanks to everyone for coming!

Today was also Cohen's 3 month birthday! 3 MONTHS!!! Holy cow! I can't believe how fast the time has gone! So, anyway, here's your update on our cute little man. He has decided that he is an extremely social person. He always wants to talk to the person who is nearest to him. Because of this, he has decided that sitting in his seat or laying on a blanket, while Mom gets something done, is not acceptable. Sitting in a seat is okay...but only if it is set on a countertop somewhere where he is only inches away from Mom's face. This works well while doing the dishes, but doesn't work so well for minor things such as...oh, taking a shower. Other than his constant need for a chatting companion, he is such a mild-mannered little kid. I just absolutely love him to pieces. I mean, how can you not? Look at that adorable face!!! --Lindsay