Birthdays

February is a busy month in our family for birthdays.  Mine is the 27^th and Colton’s is the 29^th so we celebrate his on the 28^th.  The extended family adds another 4 or 5 as well.  This year I wasn’t going to do anything “big” for Colton’s since he’s 3 so it’s on “odd” year.  (We've decided that we will have parties for the kids on the even years because with four kids parties will add up quickly!)  

I really kind of enjoyed having it be low-key.  We went out to dinner with my brother and his family on Saturday night and had dinner at my sister's on Sunday.  The kids had a great time helping me make my first ever fondant cake.  We made marshmallow fondant with french vanilla marshmallows, yum!  We just did different sized circles all over.  Then Rory insisted that I have "Happy Birthday" on the cake.  I hadn't planned for that so the top ended up looking a little remedial, but hey, it was just for us so I don't care!  I didn't bother trying to make sure the sides were totally smooth either since we were headed straight over to my sister's to cut into it.  :-)

A Thomas the Train paint w/ water book

Tonight we had Colton open up his presents.  He is so hilarious and was SOOO excited about everything he opened.  

Dad acting as the dumping ground.

It was hard to get any great pictures of him because he kept throwing everything at Barry as soon as it was opened to move on to the next.  ---->

We gave him a few new shirts, a giant coloring pad and a Snoopy snow-cone maker.  The kids are all very excited to try that out!

Snoopy sno-cone maker

"Judge me by my size do you?"

It's so much fun watching your children grow and enjoy life.  Colton is sometimes hard to handle, but he is also so sweet.  His laugh is so infectious and even though he's a stinker, he knows he's a cute one.