Birthday Boys!

Ugh... So I should NOT have written about me not getting sick on my last post. This week the illness found me. I didn't get as sick as Clint, but I still was not feeling well for most of the week. And it was a busy week with the Boys' birthdays and getting ready for Jack's party on Saturday. I survived the week and pulled the party off, but I am home from church with Lindsey today because she has the stomach flu. I think I've had enough runny noses, sore throats, coughs and vomit to last me at least a few years. :)

But, onto the fun stuff... Jack and Clint celebrated their birthdays on Weds, Jan. 28. We started off the birthday week with a family party with my parents and Chad last Sunday. We had a yummy dinner and chocolate silk pie and opened presents.

Jack pretending to eat a "sandwich" he made from a new game.

On Wednesday, Clint took the day off so they could spend lots of fun time together. They spent the morning at the Bouncy Place (an indoor inflatable playground) and then had lunch at McDonalds. Following lunch, they saw Madagascar 2 at the $3 theater by our house. That evening, we had pizza for dinner and went out for ice cream at Coldstone. It was a busy, fun day. Clint kind of gets the schaft when it comes to birthdays as it all revolves around the now 4 year old, but we did make it out to dinner on Friday night to celebrate.



Saturday was the big PIRATE PARTY! Jack was so excited and wouldn't accept the fact that he was really 4 until after his birthday party. This was the first "real" birthday party I have thrown for him, so I wanted to make it extra special. He invited 4 mateys and we spent a lot of time getting everything ready. We read pirate books, played pin the X on the treasure, searched for a tick tock clock, went on a treasure hunt, and decorated treasure chests. We had hot dogs, pirate's booty, goldfish and grapes for lunch and finished the meal off with a pirate ship cake. I think everyone had a swashbuckling time!