Saturday, August 18, 2007

Reids birthday celebrations!

I woke up to Reid calling my name. He usually comes right into our room, but he was a bit shocked by all the balloons around him. Mark and I usually fill the kids room with ballons for their birthay morning. He stood around asking "what these 14 balloons doing there for?!?!" He was, of course, very excited. We jumped and played with those a bit ... Vara joined us soon after.


We had a birthday breakfast (no cake until saturday) of Banana Nut muffins and grapes.
We let Reid open his gifts from us. Vara got him some cool stickers. We got him a wooden farm you put together. It was a hit until Nana and Papa arrived... They blessed him with a Trashman!!! He has been asking for a "trashmam" for months! He continued to play with it for hours.
Daddy came home early (yay!), so, after nap we went to B&N to play with trains. This is one of Reids favorite outings. We got burgers to finish off a great day.



I had to include this...Reid put these gloves on his feet.
Reids Party!!
Clara and Anderson joined us. Reid loves his friends. They spent time playing in the sprinkler and eating yummy foods. Thank you friends for you company!

Some action shots...
Anderson had great moves!!
Gift time..
The cake. It was a Carob layered cake. Reid loves carob stuff, so I thought Id give it a try. It wasnt too bad...everyone ate it. (oh-if you are interested..Micheal's sells these train letters for 50 cents each right now) Happy Birthday Reid!!





8 comments:

Billie said...

Very cute cake, and fun party. Great job.

Leslie said...

I love the shot of Reid running through the water. I am so happy you guys had such a fun day, I love seeing the care you took to make his day so special. You are such a sweet momma. Give him a kiss for me please.

Love you- Les

Kate Van said...

I love your tradition with the balloons in the morning. Your party looks very special. You should post the cake recipe!

Lizzy said...

I would love to have that cake recipe, too! Ginger, you excel at making even the simple things in life special for your children. Someday, they will look back with much fondness at all the memories their mommy (and daddy!!) helped create for them. love, Liz

Ashleigh said...

Looks like you guys had a great day! I love all the special touches you added to make Reid's birthday so special.

Maegan said...

Happy birthday!!

Jenn said...

Happy Birthday Reid!!!

Ginger said...

I told him aunti Les and Mady-moo said "hi"..he then asked me where you lived...I could tell he knew just who I was talking about!