Oh the Birthday Fun!!!

So I made it home Halloween night in time to cook 2 cakes so they would be ready to frost the next morning. Hayden requested an Indiana Jones Cake and Tyler's only request when asked "what kind of cake do you want?" was "GREEN, Mom, GREEN!" So with those two things to go on... I came up with an Indiana Jones cake (The #5 candle goes in the space after the word "is") The Indiana Jones guy and boulder set come off but the other rocks are all edible. It was fun to be artistic with the cake and Hayden just said over and over "THIS is so AWESOME!" Now there is some real praise for a mother! AND with the word green to go on I came up with..well what else..the green cake. Which is green throughout. It is frosted green, decorated with green and when you add a little green food coloring to the mix, turns the cake itself green too. I never knew adults could be swayed so much by the color of a green cake. Hasn't anyone ever read Green Eggs and Ham? I mean really?? I had quite a few wary looks and a few.."wow that looks gross" comments but I guess that is what you get when you make a perfectly yummy tasting green cake! Tyler's #3 candle went right in the middle of the hands. I thought it turned out nicely and did taste delicious too!

All in all I had 2 very happy boys about each of their own special cakes. Hayden was lucky enough to get to go to school on his Birthday. There they present the birthday boys or girls with a birthday crown that displays the 5 that they just turned for all to see. Hayden now thinks that since he is 5 the whole world revolves around him. It used to be "oh did you know that Collin was 5..that is why he can do that." or "Mom did you know SHE is 5!!" NOW it is all about how he is 5 and now he is fast and can go first and is the tallest. It is almost like he gained a super power!! I just wish we could all think like kids do. I am so excited to find out what kind of power I am going to get when I turn 32! It most definitely will be something cool!! I know you are all holding your breath! I promise to let you know! Here is my smiling 5 year old - so happy to be wielding the 5 year old power! Can't you just see it in his smile!!

The actual Birthday went nicely! We had games and a treasure hunt! The kids followed a map all over the park much to the disappointment of Will who so nicely videotaped the whole thing for me - Thanks WILL!! Hayden and Tyler loved following the letters and the map all over to find the key to discover the buried treasure (in the sand at the park) After the kids all dug it up Hayden had to use the key to open the chest and get to the sacks of goodies for all the kids! It really is fun to watch their delight at discovering the treasure and opening it up!! Besides the kid games we had chips, dip, a veggie plate - more chips and more munchies and of course the CAKES! Here are the 2 birthday boys ready to blow out their candles!! Don't you love how Tyler matches his cake. Do you even wonder for a second what his favorite color is?

All in all it was great! HAyden wants another birthday party and can't stop talking about when his next party is and what he wants the next one to be like! I am just glad they are still young enough not to mind that we do ONE BIG party instead of 2 separate small ones. I am hoping we can keep doing that for a long time. It is a whole lot of fun and exhausting all at the same time. Thanks so much to everyone who came to make my boys smile!!! 3 and 5, I still can't believe it!!!