Jim's Birthday

Still playing a little catch up here. Jim's birthday is in March. For his birthday this year we met his folks in Altoona for lunch. And since I have taken some cake decorating classes, this gives me a chance to practice my skills. A constable cake.

Jim works for a company called Energycap. He likes to get up early and head into work first thing in the morning. He is a constable on the side. This is the perfect side job for Jim. He gets to wear a uniform, carry a gun, wear a badge and drive an old police car.
Jim loves to eat ice cream and watch old episodes of Law and Order SVU.

Parker is 5!

Parker is 5. The time has gone so quickly. I can't believe I have a 5 year old. I am all about celebrating and Parker got a few celebrations during his birthday month.

His actual birthday occurred while we were at the beach. We went for ice cream at this yummy place. And then we enjoyed the ice cream so much, we back every night after wards.

The pictures below are the party with close friends and family. Parker wanted to have Lenna and Matthew over for his party. Lenna watches the boys for us on occasion and the boys just love her.
I like to cook a meal and serve all their favorite foods. Parker selected ham, broccoli, and pickles. We added some others so the meal would be a little more balanced.
Parker also asked to have a birthday party with friends. Being in preschool you get your first taste of birthday parties and it is a fun time. We invited everyone from his class. 2 showed up. I had planned an outdoor party and then it clouded up and rained. So we moved the party indoors. It worked out fine. He still had a great time.


I made these cute cars for party favors. The boys thought these were so neat.
I let them decorate their own cup cakes. It ended in a frosting eating experience.
Parker loves playing with his brother. He loves anything with wheels. He enjoys watching tv. Parker is always asking how things work and what we are doing.

Aunt Rebecca's birthday cake!

Some people will do anything for an excuse to eat sweets. Parker loves birthday celebrations. Birthdays used to be big deal in my family, but I think everyone just got busy and we don't make it a big deal anymore. I used to spend hours, (well almost that long) looking for the perfect birthday card to get someone. We would each get the person a card and sometimes a small gift. The family would gather round for cake and ice cream. It was a lot of fun and we made it an excuse to celebrate! I want to do better the next time around.

Anyway, we made a cake and sang happy birthday to Aunt Rebecca. Parker wanted to know when she was coming to our house for her piece of cake. I am still working on that one to explain how far away Utah is.


This is the cake the next morning. Guess what Parker was doing, while Mom was still sleeping. Yep you guessed it, licking the frosting off.

Parker is my wake up call in the mornings. I sleep until he sleeps. Sometimes he gets into mischief life this particular morning. But it gets better. Another morning I awoke to ......
This!! He licked most of it bare. This was after we ate most of the cake.

Happy Birthday Uncle Ben

Parker loves birthdays. Last month he asked if we could have birthday cake. So we made a cake for Uncle Ben who had a birthday in Aug. He is blowing out the candles.