The Week of Birthdays

This week we celebrated both Ryan’s 32nd (December 12th) and Lauren’s 4th (December 13th) birthdays. We took Ryan out to a nice dinner, just the 3 of us, and gave him his presents. Lauren’s day was spent doing her favorite things – going to the library to get new books, having lunch with Mommy and Daddy at McDonald’s (including an ice cream sundae) and getting to have popcorn, cheese and apples for dinner while we watched a movie. Then on Friday, Ryan and I took some cupcakes into her class at school and had a little celebration for her with her teachers and friends.

Saturday was the BIG party at our house…we invited over 3 families from church, along with their accumulative 8 kids (ages ranging from 18 months to 10 years old). And it was loud and chaotic! But, the kids all had so much fun playing and tormenting our cat…and the adults were able to visit a little while playing referee. We wanted to do a smaller party and try to keep it low-key and I’m so glad we didn’t invite any more people because it was a full house! We ordered pizzas for lunch and I made cupcakes for dessert. Ryan and I were both exhausted when it was over, but it made it all worth it when Lauren came up to us and said, “Mommy and Daddy, thank you for my party – I had so much fun.”