Birthday BOY!

JRock3x8

Shared on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 07:28

Last night, we held a small birthday party for my son.

This party serves 2 purposes :
1) it gives momma a chance to practice the cake she's going to make for the big party next weekend and
2) it honors the actual day of his birth, whereas the actual party will frequently not do so due to its conflict with our wedding anniversary (we got married first so we take priority).

After a mild panic trying to find the camera, we got down to some singing :

 

Make a wish, big guy!

 

Yay!!! He blew out all the candles!

 

Momma's Masterpiece (with the help of a molded cake pan) :

 

Cake for everybody!

 

There is something truly special about watching very young boys eat cake.

Follow the progression with me here :

Ok, fork into the cake as we hold it up with our fingers for stability :

 

Fork into the mouth with cake! Success!

 

But you know what? Fingers just work better!

 

Birthday Presents!!!

Duckie Soap from sister!

 

Go Bears! Go Bears!

 

a TRAIN! (This was the undisputed champion present this year.)

 

Silliness with bows :

 

MATER! Mater, or "Tow Mater", is a character from the movie Cars for those who don't know and is Matthew's favorite.

 

 Then, we proceeded to get down to some unboxing (which means cutting or removing about 30,000 twist ties) and playing with our new toys!

Comments

JollyRoger's picture
Submitted by JollyRoger on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 07:32
Good stuff JRo. Yes, cake not only is easier to handle with your hands, but it tastes better that way to. I can attest. :)
Big0ne's picture
Submitted by Big0ne on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 07:49
Why haven't we gotten to the place in technology where we don't need to tie up products with 6000 twist ties and tie straps? And while we're at it I'm calling for a ban on blister packs altogether!
SUPimp's picture
Submitted by SUPimp on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 07:56
Cute kids! Great work on the cake.
ATC_1982's picture
Submitted by ATC_1982 on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 08:13
Way to have a party have cake and twist ties for the parents.
dkhodz's picture
Submitted by dkhodz on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 08:22
Heh heh "our" new toys! I see how you operate! (JRock while shopping with his wife for his son's birthday): Wow, this train set would be a lot of fun!!!!.... um, for my son that is, ya know.
KingBayman's picture
Submitted by KingBayman on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 08:38
Oh the pain of twist ties. Man they wrap barbies like they are nuclear secrets or something. Oh and Big0ne, I'm with ya on the blister packs. If I ever meet the guy who invented the blister pack, I'm goona punch him in the throat.
rockcrawler69's picture
Submitted by rockcrawler69 on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 08:43
I bask in the shear awesomeness of your family sir!!
CapnHun's picture
Submitted by CapnHun on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 09:03
Nice avatar pic! Watch out J, you'll wake up next week and he will be 13. I somehow missed your conviction blog, nice blog.

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