Parade Rest Ranch - Day 1

We went to our favorite place on earth. To Parade Rest Ranch. It was quite cold but beautiful. Last year, my son decided to switch his birthday with his Dad's as his Dad's is always at the same time as we go to the ranch. So we celebrated his birthday there. My daughter, getting a little jealous, decided to have her birthday there too. She sure changed her tune when we got home and realized she wasn't going to have another party on her actual birthday.

Little Appleseed loved sitting where he could look at himself in the mirror. He loved to watch himself while he was chewing.And of course, who could resist kissing that sweet face.I made cupcakes and took up to sing Happy Birthday to the kids. It was nice having both birthdays at the same time. he he. Saves me on money.In our cabin with our cousins that come up too. We love having them there with us every year. It makes the place even that more special.

Appleseed Birthday Party

I decided to try and have a mandatory Sunday nap after church. After I woke up from my "nap" this is what I found. I had made an individual cake for Appleseed for his birthday. I know, I know....the white spots are un-stirred in bits of flour. Oops. We will try better next time. Sorry family.So I pretty much knew who it was but NOBODY was admitting it. So I took pictures of the criminals and took their statements.

This picture is a picture of a "lion who him snuck in the house and him ate the cake and then him hiding in those baskets right there." The "lying lion" did not have anything to say......This suspect opened her mouth to show proof that it was not her. Later she admitted to eating two crumbs off the plate but that the plate had already been uncovered.This one...................arghhhh................said it was the lion. Then he said that it was Daddy. And the previous suspect chimed in with that too. Now that I can believe....if it was the family cake. But I think Daddy would be smart enough to not dive into the individual cake as he would have died.This one came out eating something....but it was a toy bullet. Not a cake. I finally got it out.....well somewhat. "Maybe I was getting a drink of water and accidentally took a bite." Hmmmmm...it was from the same person that said it was the lion. We can all guess who that was! Sad to say it must run in the family. I licked the icing off my birthday cake when I was 8. :)He did not seem to be a fan of the cake but he had started to act like he may not feel well. Eating......I mean opening presents.We finally got a pretty good picture of him walking. So cute.I like to get pictures of the kids with each set of grandparents on their birthdays. So here are the grandparent pictures.

Birthday Lunch

We took Butterbean to Winger's for her free birthday lunch. We had a good time. They kept singing, it was cute. At school she reviewed counting to 1, 2 and then 3. They also learned to recognize their name. Really?

She didn't want to have to give up the postcard so she wanted a picture of it.I asked them to make nice faces and this was what I got.
This is a song Butterbean learned at school. Whew! At least she is learning something. He he.This is what Butterball kept singing.

Birthday fun.

Here are my kids enjoying birthday cake and ice cream. Because I can't have milk right now I didn't get any. Later I ate some soy ice cream for my birthday. They were excited because I wasn't planning on having any cake and ice cream. I am having a harder time with the no milk diet this time and have honestly had to restrict stuff from the home that I can't resist. So we bought these small individual pieces of cake for them. We had a babysitter tonight, Thanks a ton SD!! Thank you again for helping them clean their rooms before we got home. That was the best surprise. When we got home they had been playing dress-up with her. Butterbean is a princess, love the belly showing. And Butterball is the evil witch. He is the cutest evil witch I have ever seen I swear.

OK! Earlier in the day we went to the park. Please tell me when this became park attire? Can I tell you how frumpy I felt in my flappy capris and flats! This girl looked great.
I kept trying to get a picture of her shoes without her knowing and she kept moving out of the way so I could take pictures of my kids, who kept getting in the way of the shot!

We fed the seagulls too. They loved it! I actually hate that the ducks don't come around as much now because the seagulls have gotten mean. We tried to feed the ducks and they stayed over on the far side. Sad.

I had put a baseball cap on Appleseed for the park. It got a little sideways on the way there. What I thought was also cute was Butterball holding his hand. He does this every time we are in the car. He grabs his little hand and holds it the whole time. He is so sweet to him.