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Happty birfday

well all my kids' birthdays are all within 3 weeks of each other. SO, the usual plan is for them to have one big grandparent birthday party. But this year we did things a lot different. We gave child #1 her own friend birthday party and we were going to be on vacation during the babies birthdays. So we told the grandparents that the party would be in North Carolina and pack accordingly. The grandparents did a great job thinking up traveling/beach gifts. We let them open their presents from the grandparents moments before we left so they would have something in the cars to do (IE: videos, books, coloring books and travel toys and sand buckets for the final destination)

As the parents we decided that the kids gifts could be opened a week early so they could get some playing time in before the big trip. Here are a few pictures of the birthday parties, including the peanut dairy free $$ cake I made at the beach.
OH the anticipation!



Yes, I got them all 3 jamies to take on the trip.

Every time someone came in the room all week, she yelled "hapty birfday!" She is also struggling with the fact that she is now 3.  She thought it was cool that she and bubby were 2 for a few days together. "We're twins!"

"I  two"

She got these sunglasses from Mimi and wore them ALL the time-indoors and out!

The whole gang {New House papa, daddy, new house Mimi, sticker papa, little man, child #1, sticker Mimi and pooh bear}


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