Big Birthdays!

Happy 4th Birthday, Jamie & Jacob! It really is amazing how quickly kids change... and it seems impossible that it was 4 yrs ago that Jamie & Jacob were born. They were born at 34.5 weeks and had to stay in the NICU for 10 days... and look at them NOW! They had several wonderful birthday celebrations... James' family came down the Saturday before their birthday to celebrate. They loved spending time with their cousins... and they love their gifts... especially the boxes ;o)

The day before their birthday... they celebrated with their friends at preschool. I sent in birthday cookies, their friends sang them "Happy Birthday" and their teacher let them choose 4 toys each from the treasure box! They also got to wear special birthday hats!

The actual day OF their birthday was a BIG day!! We started the morning with painting... thanks to new paint sets from Colin & Anderson. Then off to lunch at Chuck-E-Cheese with their friend, Allie. I let them choose the location... and this was it. They had a blast! Then we went to church for Girl Scouts and Ms. Mary (she keeps the twins while I teach Girl Scouts) was celebrating a birthday, too! Ms. Mary takes such wonderful care of the kids and they LOVE her so much! They enjoyed birthday cookies with her, too! That evening... a pizza party at the house with Hunter (yes, that makes pizza for lunch AND dinner... but it was their birthday and they love pizza!) Londa & Troy brought the pinata... and it was "supposed" to be one of the ones where you pull the strings and one magically opens the pinata... yeah, right. By the time we were down to 3 strings, we pretty much knew that wasn't going to happen. We ended up in the garage giving everyone turns hitting the pinata... and after James & Troy joined in, the candy was finally revealed! The kids thought it was hilarious! Of course, we had cake... (which didn't turn out exactly like planned... but that is another story... the cakes were delicious AND peanut and egg free... and that is what counts!) We got them a glider for the swing set and booster seats for the car... they are SO excited to be "big" and ride in booster seats. I must say, I am delighted, too... b/c for the FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 10 YRS... I DON'T HAVE TO STRAP ANYONE IN A CAR SEAT!!! Amazingly liberating!

They had a wonderful birthday... thanks to everyone who shared it with them and loved on them!