Five Crowns: Happy Birthday!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Happy Birthday!

Michelle's Cake. This just reminded me of her.

Troy wanted a race car cake. This is actually made of rice crispy treat and has a chocolate marshmallow frosting in the middle. Thanks Martha Stewart.


Shaunie's cake. This is an ice cream cake with a brownie layer. Yum. Good choice, Shaunie!

I can add these to my long line of fun birthday cakes. The kids picked theirs, and I picked Michelle's. These are the August birthdays that we celebrated on our Sunday dinner with the Mangum clan. On the actual birthdays we have taken the family out to a restaurant that the birthday kid chooses. For Shaunie, we went to Souper Salad. It was fun. Troy chose 'the grape store' or Olive Garden. It has been fun to spend the time as a family and not have the focus be on presents and parties. That just gets old to me after a while. I hope that each child has felt special and knows that they are a very important member of our family. That's what I think that birthdays are for.

3 comments:

Haws Family said...: I think that is a great tradition! Less stress on Mom, and super fun. I think we may have to try that out... :) Great job on the cakes!; September 8, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Lindsay said...: Love the cakes! Great job. That race car one looks so delicious! Well, they all do.; September 8, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Michelle Campbell said...: I'm thinking I need another one of those cakes right about now!! ;) yum!!; April 5, 2011 at 8:36 PM

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Quotes

Troy: While reading/looking at the book Ten Little Rubber Ducks he yelled at Leah who was playing loudly with Millie, "Stop it Leah! I'm trying to concentrate!"

Sam: in the car "It smells like throw up in here." Leah: I think it smells like brownies."

Troy: "My feet are the bad guys." Said while kicking his baby sister.

Troy: "That sounds like a good idea." When offered a mini candy bar for going potty.

Leah: "All I really eat at McDonald's is french fries and a Diet Coke"

Leah: "Don't you DARE pick me up from school today."

Troy: "Mom! I count, YOU hide! k?"

Troy: "Hode me, I sfe-ood" Translation: Hold me, I'm scared.

Leah: "Crickets eat people who have red cars."

Things I've Learned...

Children are very trusting. Leah caught me eating a handfull of M&M's. She asked me what I was eating and in an effort to avoid sharing with her I told her I was eating "beans". At first she didn't believe me but I insisted. Today she has asked for some "beans" about three different times.
--Shaunie learned that humans are mammals, but Leah had a hard time grasping the idea. She ended up just calling her dad a "manimmal" instead.
--When Leah says "Mom, I'll hold it for you." She really means "Mom, I'll take that from you and eat it."
--You can take pictures of pictures with your digital camera (goodbye scanner!)

Nakie

We were on our way to get Sam from preschool a couple weeks ago (when the weather was nice) and a neighbor down the street was washing his car. He didn't have his shirt on because the sun was still pretty warm. Leah pointed at him as we walked by and said "Look Mommy, he is nakie!" She couldn't believe that someone would go out without clothing. How wrong! I tried to explain that he was just hot so he wasn't wearing his shirt, but she insisted that he was 'nakie'. Then she asked as if she had found the only solution, "Where's his mommy?"

GO to BED!

Last night we were coming home from an errand and Leah was really upset. She was missing her old, brown car seat (yes, the fact that it was brown was very important). She was whining like we had taken away her most beloved doll. Oh the injustice of giving her brown car seat away! She loved that car seat and now that was all she wanted in the whole world. After a while of listening to her whine Sam piped up, a little fatigued of her complaints and said, "Leah, just go to bed!" In quick retort and without skipping a beat, Leah replied "But I will just dream about my brown car seat!"