Sunday Afternoon

This is what happens on a Sunday afternoon, when Chad is taking a nap, and I was feeding the baby. Yes, it did take days to wash off completely!

2 Milestones

I have just two things I have to share, so I never forget them. First of all, Grant has started sleeping through the night. He had been doing really well, and only waking up around 4:30 then going back to bed. The last 3 nights he has slept until 6:30 or 7:00. It is so nice!! The other thing is that Owen finally sat on the potty and went. I have been trying for forever, but the kid has no desire! He finally sat on it and went, which is a miracle. Maybe I will try harder to potty train him now that he know he can do it!

Grant's Hair

Grant has the greatest hair! It is so funny - I love playing with it. He has a long tuft on the top that hasn't fallen out yet. It is always sticking up. His hair is also coming in curly, so we will see what happens.

Happy Birthday Chad!

Yesterday Chad turned 34! We are all so grateful to have him in our life. He is a wonderful husband and father. He is always so willing to help us out, and has worked really hard on making our old home look updated. We are only halfway there, so he still has a whole basement to go that will keep him busy! :-) Claire, Owen and Grant absolutely love him, and look forward to him coming home every day (me too, but for different reasons, mostly because I can pawn the baby off on him while I finish dinner!). Thank you for everything you do for us! We love you!!
We visited Chad at work for lunch and brought him pizza. The kids love the hard hats at work, they think they are the greatest things! We have contemplated the idea of giving them one each for Christmas, but they wouldn't be that special if we did!
I couldn't possibly put 34 candles on a cake, so I but 7 because 3+4=7. It was the most logical thing I could come up with!

Roller Skating

On Monday night Chad's family came down and we went roller skating for Claire and Chad's birthday. We had a lot of fun, and Claire and Owen were so happy that everyone would come. Thanks for coming - we hope everyone had as much fun as we did!
Owen loved to help me push Grant around.
Jessica, Annie, Kate, and Kerry
Claire with our good friends Anjie and MaKinlee
Owen with Grandma Clayson
Claire with Aunt Shanna. She was so happy when she saw them come!

most of the grand kids close to grandma and grandpa having cupcakes.

Birthday Day

Claire seriously had 5 days of birthday. It started with cupcakes in preschool, then her birthday party. Then an outing to grandma and grandpa's all day along with dinner at McDonalds and a trip to the store to pick out her own present. Then we had her birthday dinner with our friends. Finally on Monday night Chad's family all came down and we went roller skating. We finally had to tell her on Monday night that her birthday was over, and she wasn't going to be the center of attention anymore.
On her actual birthday we let her pick what she wanted for dinner. We ended up having spaghetti with bread. I finally talked her into a vegetable, and she let me make corn. She was very happy with her choice, and very happy with her new princess barbies from Owen and Grant.

The Cake

I jokingly told everyone that I was going to blog just about Claire's cake, so here it is. There is a story behind this cake, so here goes: We were walking in Fred Meyer seriously a year ago, when Claire spotted the cake book. It was opened to the princess castle cake. She was so thrilled to see it that I told her maybe she could have it for her next birthday. The girl doesn't forget! She told everyone what kind of cake she was going to have. Well, I went to look at it again a couple weeks ago, and the dang thing was $40.00. Now I'm not cheap when it comes to some things, but a cake for $40.00! Seriously! Chad and I discussed it, and we just decided to get it for her because she had told everyone all about it, and we didn't want to break her heart. So, yes I got her a $40.00 cake, and no, she won't ever get one again (I mean Costco is down the road and they have great cakes for $15.00). So, here are the pictures of the special cake - I sure hope Claire enjoyed it (I'm pretty sure she did!).
The box that it came in - it just made me laugh!
The good news is that I now have all the stuff for anyone else to ever make their own castle cake. If you want to borrow it, there is only a small fee. :-)