FINALLY! Vincent's Beyblade Tournament Birthday Party

After much planning, postponing, and anticipation, we successfully threw Vincent his birthday party. All, but 1, boy made it. Everyone got along, made lots of ruckus, and had fun. Crosby even napped through most of it!

The cake: Vincent picked out a ready-made red velvet cake at QFC this morning. We reused the toppers from the first cake we bought, that we only ate half of, and I wrote the message with melted chocolate.

 

The brackets. Well, sort of. I didn't get a good shot of the whole thing.

 

 

 

 

 

Our happy 7 year old and his buddy.

Tyler got in on the action, too.

My spread. The towels on the chairs were to protect them from sticky boy hands. Very cheese forward snacks. Cheetos Puff, Doritos, cheddar slices, pretzel crackers, strawberries, raisins, and applesauce squeezers.

The party animals.

 

Happy 2014

Good day today. Lots of cooking. We had our friends, The Hidebrandt family, over for lunch. I made bratwurst sliders, kale salad, and broccoli for the kids. It was all so tasty, except, I misjudged the sliders & didn't make enough. But, this forced the adults to eat lots if greens, and saved us room for dessert!

The boys have been so excited about the new Lego sets they got for Christmas and have been playing and building a lot. Their Nana got a free box for them to fill with loose bricks, so I took them yesterday to the Lego store to fill it. When we got home, they ran right upstairs to see what they could make from them. Mind you, this was a very small box. Nonetheless, they were excited, and, of course, they already have many. That was also part of their day today.

Last night, for New Year's Eve, the older boys were invited to another family's house from 5p-7p. They have two boys the same ages, and two other brothers were also invited. David and I took Crosby to our neighborhood Italian restaurant, Cafe Lago, for a delicious meal. We tried to let the boys watch an east coast broadcast of NYE with Times Square, but the broadcast was tape delayed. Lame. David and I could not stay awake for midnight. I don't even think I got a kiss goodnight, since he was asleep before I got in bed.

The rest of today was nothing spectacular. I cooked a meal from Blue Apron, which was nice to not have to think up what to make. We ate cupcakes for dessert. Tyler and I did a mini piano lesson, then, I read the first three chapters of Charlotte's Web to the kids. I put Crosby to bed while David did a toy battle with the older boys. Like I said, nothing spectacular, but it was a good day. And, another baby was born into our lives yesterday. Not a bad way to end 2013 and start 2014. Happy New Year!