Aidan's Birthday

Aidan was in charge on his birthday, so he got to pick everything we did. He woke up SO excited that he was finally six! He chose pancakes for breakfast.


Then I loaded up the three children, and we headed to Winn Dixie for Aidan to pick his cake mix and icing. He picked red cake and chocolate frosting. I was able to convince him to pick out a yellow cake for me to dye red (for some reason red velvet cake with chocolate icing just sounded disgusting to me - I probably should have made it, and then maybe I wouldn't have eaten it). After Winn Dixie, we headed to Geoffrey's toy store, and the kids ran around the store for an hour playing with all of the toys. They had SO much fun, and I actually walked out of that store without purchasing anything - a HUGE feat for me!



Later in the day, we met Jared at the bowling alley on base and went bowling. Anna was not cooperative and kept trying to run down the lane after the ball. We tried putting her in the "cry room" filled with toys, but she was not going for it. We did manage to bowl two games - Jared and I having to throw a few of the balls once the boys' interest was more in the toys in the baby room.

This is the dress that Emily made for Anna's 1st Birthday. Anna was so sick on her birthday that all of the pictures are of a sick baby in a pretty dress. It was the perfect birthday party dress, so we were so happy she got to wear it for Aidan's day. Thanks again, Emily!

Aidan chose Olive Garden for dinner, and Jared and I braced ourselves for the meal. We try to avoid taking Anna out for meals in public at all costs. Not one to disappoint, Anna did her part to ensure it was the quickest dinner known to man. Jared and I both ordered soup and then proceeded to take turns for the next 40 minutes playing with Anna outside. There was a downpour, so I ended up in the car with her. The servers at Olive Garden no longer sing, so nothing was done for Aidan's birthday. I was kind of bummed about that, but all he cared about was that he got his breadsticks. Parenting success! :-)

At home, we opened presents and dug into the "red" cake with chocolate icing.

Size 6 Pajamas - He said, "FINALLY!"

Letting Austin help open presents. This got a little sticky later

when Austin wanted to keep opening them.

Because little brothers need a little something, too. :-)