As I post this, our entire family has already celebrated around 9 birthdays since the beginning of June: Sam, Taylor, my brother-in-laws(Nathan and Matt), my sister-in-law(Kristin), my mother and father, my mother-in-law(Jean), and myself. We still have around 4 or 5 to go until August. I am not sure how so many people in our family have summer birthdays. I really can't think of anyone besides my sister and my nephews that has a winter birthday. I feel guilty when I begin to dread the birthday season. I only dread it because I am not the least bit creative in thinking of really cool parties for my kids. This was the last year I could pull off a "family" birthday party for Sam. When your kids hit the age of 5, they expect the world's greatest birthday party given including lots of candy, cake, kool-aid, games, prizes, presents, decorations, clowns, ponies, face-painting, and kids...lots of kids! This is not to say that I don't admire my friends who can pull these amazing parties off...trust me, I wish I had their talents. However, I didn't get the "creative" gene from my mom. My mom would hand make our cakes growing up. These cakes were not just flat, 9x13 cake pan cakes. The shapes were everything from My Little Pony to Holly Hobbie. The icing was not just layered on either. It was applied to every square inch with the hand of a master cake decorator, love ya mom!!! That is just one of her many talents. She used to sew our clothes growing up, too, however I didn't acquire that gene either. At
least in about a year and a half, my kids will be able to say that their mother knows the anatomy of their heart and lungs or what the thymus is, but for now they'll have to settle for store bought ice cream cakes(wow, it was GOOD!!)and silly made up games because at this point, that is all I have to offer. 
Here's a few pics of Sam's 4th birthday. He loves Spider-Man so the wrapping paper, balloons, and cake were appropriately picked in that theme. My sister, brother-in-law, and nephews came as well as my parents. He had a great day!!
least in about a year and a half, my kids will be able to say that their mother knows the anatomy of their heart and lungs or what the thymus is, but for now they'll have to settle for store bought ice cream cakes(wow, it was GOOD!!)and silly made up games because at this point, that is all I have to offer. 
Here's a few pics of Sam's 4th birthday. He loves Spider-Man so the wrapping paper, balloons, and cake were appropriately picked in that theme. My sister, brother-in-law, and nephews came as well as my parents. He had a great day!!
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