We started the celebration with a Crazy Dinner. I gave everything on the menu an odd name. For example, spaghetti noodles were called "Silly String", alfredo sauce was "Butter Britches", lemonade was "Egypts Pride" (did you know it originated in Egypt?) and forks were "Little Presents". All in all there were about 20 items and each person could only choose five. Since you didn't know what you were ordering the plates were quite unique. Only about 5 of the 13 of us got forks. My sister in law got two salad dressings, marinara sauce, olives and a meatball. Jaden got olives, alfredo sauce, lettuce, lemonade and a fork. It was a lot of fun. And we did really get to eat after we ate our Crazy plates.
Then we did birthday cakes! Toren raised his hands in the air everytime he took a bite of cake, indicating it was time for the rest of us to cheer. He also fingerpainted on his dad and brothers with the icing. Jaden helped me make an NFL cake that the rest of us ate. He got all his candles out in one blow.
I am glad my children are not cognizant of how quickly the years pass. They are just busy having fun, busy being a kid. This week Toren is busy walking. Owen is busy playing Wii, and watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse, and riding his bike with training wheels. Cael is busy working in the yard so he can earn money for a sheriff set he found at the store. And Jaden is busy playing legos and looking at his football cards, anxiously awaiting next school year when he will get a locker.
Me, I am busy trying to enjoy it all. I heard a quote once that I fell in love with. It says, "God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December." Thank you Lord for all my roses.
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