Friday, January 27, 2012

Happy 4th Birthday Garrett!

Garrett turned FOUR years old on Wednesday.

It seems impossible that he's four.

Garrett started his day with a couple gifts.
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Then we were off to Walmart to buy batteries for the gifts. I am usually very good about making sure we have AA batteries in the house but Ben's LeapPad goes through them so quickly we were totally out.

When we got home it was time to decorate his cake. Garrett requested chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and picked out Fruity Jelly Beans for decor. I cheated and used store bought frosting (I usually make buttercream from scratch).

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And then it was dinner time. We ate "Homemade Tasty you can eat with spoons!" per Garrett's Request. Homemade Tasty = Chicken Nuggets according to Garrett. :)
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And then it was time to party.

Opening gifts:
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We played a quick game of pin the tail on the donkey...we also pinned a tail on Declan.
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Happy Birthday Gare Bear!! xoxo
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Christmas (Part 2 :: Christmas Day)

These are all out of order and have no cations but I'm going to post them anyways.
Christmas was a month ago. And I have not found the time to get this post finished. But I want the pics in line so I can look back at them. At least I'll have a great reminder of why I can't do it all...there just aren't enough minutes in the day (or rather I choose to use my minutes to interact/care for my kiddos and knit, not blog).

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Christmas (Part 1 :: Christmas Eve)

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Filled with time with family and happy boys with new toys. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas too.

I'll start the photos with a few from Christmas Eve.

Opening their pj's...
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Billy and Logan laughing at Logan's pj bottoms...they were rather inappropriate but the person who bought them didn't notice the words on them until it was too late...
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Spreading Reindeer Food
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Cookies for Santa. And a cupcake to make up for the horrible tasting cookies...
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Stockings were hung (actually laid out beneath the tree as we have no fireplace)...
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Santa was here...
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