Birthdays – CUTER KIDS

Everybody was healthy on my birthday. That’s enough about that …

Last Sunday, we invited the family over to celebrate our February birthdays. The boys love having their aunts, uncles, and cousins over. Is this Rusty and Cousin Cate hug adorable, or what?

And, even though gifts are not expected or required, some people showered my boys with love.

I was given a few things, too (thanks!).

We did the birthday candles in some cheesecake brownies.

Billy’s candles were on one side and Rusty’s were on the other. Billy used a lot of concentration to get his candles out. Rusty went for the up-close and personal approach.

All day Monday, Billy was reminding us that “tomorrow is my birthday! I’m gonna be … FIVE!” Good mother that I am, I kept telling him that I wasn’t going to let him turn 5, that I wanted to have him be a 4 year old forever. Needless to say, Billy didn’t really appreciate this. He would get a really sad face and say, “But, Momma! I’m gonna be 5! I’m gonna be!”

Billy’s birthday dinner request was macaroni and cheese and pizza. I just couldn’t bring myself to do that, so we had hot dogs instead. He didn’t really care. When you have 3 family birthdays in 19 days, as well as Valentine’s Day and a family dinner, it is easy to get tired of cake. I was hoping to convince Billy to want a pie or ice cream cake for his dessert … nope, he wanted more brownies. I just didn’t have the heart to make any more brownies … so I bought some. Billy didn’t seem to mind.