"The days are long but the years are short" - how true is that as we recover from Sam's birthday? He had a fantastic day - went swimming with preschool friends and ate watermelon and mac & cheese. We brought miniature cupcakes for them and they sang happy birthday to him and got green frosting all over their faces. It's the little things that are just so perfect and fun.
The afternoon got exciting when we found a little dog dodging in and out of traffic. We thought it belonged to a farm house up the road, but we couldn't find the owners after all and got an unexpected house guest for the night. The kids LOVED the dog, but we love having dogs not live with us :) It was super fun to have her overnight though, and on Sam's birthday too!
Then my parents came up and the day flew by with presents, yet MORE cake (thanks, mom!) and homemade ziti which both kids devoured. That Italian blood may be thinner in them, but it still runs deep :)
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| Traditional decorating the heck out of the dining room. |
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| Presents on the table. |
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| Doggy for the day! |
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| A new Curious George book |
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| From her :) |
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| Lincoln Logs! I love throwback presents! |
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| He gets this reaction for every gift. You could give him a bag of cotton balls and he would exclaim "Just what I always wanted!" Love this kid and his sweet heart. |
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| Wished-on candles go to Nonna. |
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| To Age 4 and beyond! |
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| They both LOVE Nonna's homemade Italian ziti. |
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Now the balloons are down, there is another pencil mark on the kids' doorway (he grew three inches this year!) and it's back to the mundane life of mid-summer. But birthdays sure are fun <3
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