birthdays

I just realized (HOW is this possible??) that I’ve never written in great detail about this very special tradition we have in our family that started when Maeven was 2  (in 2002). The Birthday Fairy! Shortly before Maeven’s 2nd birthday … Continued

Holy cow, Tyren’s robot birthday party went REALLY well! Funny because I think I felt the least prepared for this one than any of them. Typically I start planning months in advance and even order a bunch of stuff online…which … Continued

well it was a huge success! and i’m pooped!! but i learned my lesson from maeven’s last bday party–so i better get this up before i forget to do it entirely! 🙂 first of all, i had tried (key word-tried) … Continued

just wanted to make sure to make note for all of those friends of our family that haven’t been invited to tyren’s birthday party. its not anything personal. i’ve just gotten to a point where i’m trying to simplify things … Continued

i was just reading this post about a mermaid birthday party and realized that i never did post about what i did for maeven’s party last year! i like to document them all. so let’s see what i can still … Continued

this year tyren’s bday party theme was construction. i decided on yellow and black for the colors, and occasionally safety orange (didn’t want to do too much orange cuz i worried that with the black it would look too halloweeny). … Continued

last week was tyren’s 3rd birthday (on the 8th). the birthday fairy came, as usual, and decorated the doorway to the family bedroom: down the hall: through the entryway: to the kitchen doorway: where we saw this: the sign on … Continued