1977. Canton, IL. My 4th birthday. I think my mom still has that tablecloth. sidenote: that's Little Todd Little sitting on the lap of the older boy. He was my friend, and I really did call him that. Not just Todd. It was always Little Todd Little. His last name really was Little, but the prefix Little was just descriptive.
Owen has discussed the surprise birthday instructions with me everyday this week. Yesterday was indeed my birthday. He blew out my candles. He opened all my presents. Even one before the giver (or I) even knew about it, then hid the contents behind his back and made me guess what he was hiding. He loves birthdays. But in reality, he does not love being surprised. What 4 year old does? Does ANYONE truly love that? Last night, Molly ran up behind him to surprise/scare him. It did not go over well. I think it just needs to be on his terms. Like on Mothers' day, after I woke up, he told me he had to go do something. Then I learned from Grace that that was code for "I'm going to go hide, and I want you to come find me so I can yell 'happy mothers' day!'" So I did. And he did. And he was very happy with himself.
Not only did I turn the magic 37 yesterday, Hank and George turned the magic 6 months. I'm still waiting for the magic part. I'm sure it will be something wonderful, like sleeping through the night (ah, the glory days of 3 months). Or not spitting up on everything we own. I might as well ask them to flip somersaults and do a little jig.
18 comments:
Happy Birthday Sarah! Cute pictures, and you know I love the cupcakes.
Happy Birthday Sarah! If it were 20 years ago, I'd bring you a few helium balloons and sing you happy birthday our lunch table.
The boys are so cute. I was wondering if they were still sleeping through the night. We haven't had that happen yet and I can't believe Noah is worse at 9 months than he was at a month, weighing only 4 pounds. I don't get it.
Happy Birthday Sarah! Cute, cute pictures!
Happy Birthday - I hope it wasn't all a surprise! Looks like you celebrated in style as always!
Happy Birthday! Love the pictures of your boys. And the Owen stories. Cute.
Aweeee man. That holding hands thing got me all teared up. the best.
happy day to you Sarah!
Sorry you had to write your own birthday post, but I LOVED it! The photos of the boys are wonderful, Owen's shenanigans are fun to hear about, and that top photo is great! That cake I made looks pretty good, eh?
Happy Birthday! Looked like a good day! Sprinkles is definitely the way to go, I'll have to remember that one!
I love how your countertops and cabinets look in the background!
Happy belated birthday! That Owen is a crack up and I absolutely love the pic of your little guys holding hands! Precious!
Mom looks like you in that photo. Where are you finding all these relics?
Listen and listen good, you MUST start making them cry it out at night. If you do it now, it will be so much easier than if you wait until they stand up in the crib. Trust me. It hurts, but only for a couple of nights. Then bliss.
Happy Belated Birthday! Looks like you were loved.
happy birthday!! those cupcakes and those babies of yours are so cute.
Sarah it kills me. The picture of them holding hands brought tears to my eyes. It just makes my heart so happy to see them, every time I see them. Happy Brithday to the smartest, fanciest, most inventive mother of 6, that I know!
AWWWWWWW!!!!!! :)holding hands....
Happy birthday my friend!! Love you to pieces!!!
I missed your birthday (and we probably even spoke on that day)!! So, happy (very belated) birthday. Hope your day was wonderful.
Happy Belated birthday. And thanks again for letting me love on George they both are so stinkin cute. It makes me miss when my twins were little. So thanks for the baby fix I think I'm good for a while.
Happy Birthday, Sarah!
The pictures are great! Love seeing your flash back photos to when your mom was in the trenches (now its our turn, huh?). The kids look soooo cute! Hope you had a great day!
Awh... I love that! They're adorable! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Moms definitely don't get enough birthday-ness. :)
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