Happy Birthday?

Guess what I got for my birthday? New shoes? A new appliance? Clothes? Toys? Movies? Dinner? A Date? A Cake? No. No. No. No. No. No. No. and NO. What I DID get was 3 sick kids:

Here they are, all sprawled out in the living room watching "Tangled" for probably the 7th time. For the record, Tangled is a GREAT movie and we love it (obviously) but maybe 7 times in 48 hours is a bit much...I have a feeling it isn't the last time we will watch it before all our little ones are healthy again.

So, in light of these facts, we are going to postpone my birthday until tomorrow (or the next day, depending on the general health of our household). However, the calls and cards that arrived today (or before or even after) are all very kind and appreciated. Thank you for thinking of me and sending me thoughts and wishes. Feel free to include a few thoughts and Get Well's for the 3 sweet wee ones currently littering my floor.

Jack Turns 2

One of the great things about living on the West Coast right now is that we get to spend a lot of time with family. For the first time in a long time we are here for birthdays and other big events in each other's lives. It's been pretty awesome. On Wednesday, March 30th, we celebrated Jack's birthday. His birthday is actually March 31st...so is his Dad's...and so is Mine. Cool, hu?

What kid party is ever complete without a pinata? Check out the faces and stance on these 2 boys (Jack, above...Brogan, below). We didn't have a stick so we used the tube to a vacuum cleaner. Clever, right? Just not as effective as one might hope. Although it was eventually busted.

Jack's current love is "DRAGON" more commonly known as "How To Train Your Dragon"...one of our family's favorite movies too. So we did a Dragon cake. Check out "Toothless". Did you know that there are NOOOOOO H.T.T.Y.D. promotional toys out there? Nope. Nothing. The shelves are Toothless and Hiccup bare. Bummer. 'Cause this little boy would have loved his very own stuffed Toothless.

Happy Birthday, Jack. We love you!

Green Eggs and Ham

Mom and Dad got the pleasure of joining Kayla for brunch today in celebration of the great Dr. Seuss. And, as would be appropriate, we dined on Green Eggs and Ham (which was NOT green). KK started out a bit of a skeptic....

..but eventually gave the green eggs a try...and to her surprise, she LOVED them. (There was a day not so long ago when no amount of cajoling or bribing could have gotten her to do this.)
In fact, we ALL loved them. Mom especially loved KK's Dr. Seuss hat and may choose to borrow it someday.