Happy Birthday Scott

May 13th is Scott's 32nd Birthday. I let this year be all about the boys. We spent some time at the mall looking for the perfect present for Daddy. Of-course that comes along with some rides...

When is came to the cake, I decided to order one this year opposed to making one. So the boys and I visited the bakery. I let them browse through the entire book of cakes and told them it was up to them to pick the cake but to remember, "the cake is for Daddy, not for you so please pick a cake out that Daddy would like." I reminded them of this several times. And even when the assistant was taking the order, she asked, "is this what your Daddy would like?" And they were very confident with their YES.

Scott came home a little early tonight so we were able to celebrate with cake and ice cream and open presents early.

The card the boys picked out for Scott.

And cake they picked out perfect for Scott and nobody else.... even though it came with bath time water squirters that you know Scott is going to use....

Blowing out the candles.

The Birthday boy.

The fun part about having a 3 and 4 year old is that right before you open any present, they tell you EXACTLY what is inside including EVERY detail so there is nothing left to the imagination :) I love kids! This evening, I took Scott to Cafe Firenze for dinner. Fabio, the chef, was the fan favorite on Top Chef Season 5 and is the owner/partner. I managed to get a "Chef's Table" reservations that included a 5 course meal accompanied by Fabio himself. Well what do you know, he was out of town filming so we got his apprentice instead. It was still a fabulous meal. It was a great experience.

And now a very last minute decision, we are taking a mini vacation to Palm Desert, CA after T-Ball tomorrow morning. We are excited to have some quality family time together with no other distractions. More posts (obviously) to come on that.

Happy Birthday Scott. I am so blessed to have you as my husband and the best dad to our boys!

Birthday girls

Stephanie and Kelly's birthdays are in August. One morning/afternoon while they were running errands for me, I surprised them with a birthday tea party celebration. I made egg salad tea sandwiches and cucumber tea sandwiches. The obvious best part was the red velvet Sprinkles cupcakes I made homemade.

I love how Mr. Potato head (on the fridge) is always in background pictures-ha.

Haircuts and birthdays

Miss Belle had her 6th birthday August 6th. I can't believe it's been six years. So crazy. She is such a wonderful pup and we love her so much. Do you think the boys need haircuts?

Well they got them. I'm not happy with how they turned out. William looks like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber. It looks like a bowl cut. But I guess it's better than this.

Harrison's Two and a half!

Wow, it is so crazy that my baby is 2.5 years old. I decided to make him cupcakes because he deserves the best :)

Sprinkles Cupcakes are the best! But it isn't always easy to drive down to Beverly Hills and wait in a long long line to get them. The last time I was there, I bought two recipes. I thought making cupcakes were easy until this little venture of mine. You have to follow the instructions to a tee and I really felt like a little chef in my kitchen. I'm used to throwing everything in the bowl together and mix. Nope, not with these. It was such a process. But in the end, all worth it and it tasted like I just bought them from their bakery! And the boys were quite happy too!
Their friend, Nick, came over to have some cupcakes as well :)

Ahh, my babies are growing up!

Paradise Cove

Saturday was fun-filled and busy. We woke up at 6am to go walk in the March of Dimes walk. Farmer's Insurance Group is a huge supporter of the March of Dimes. It is the largest supported in California and almost pretty sure it is the largest sponsor in the Nation. We walk every year. This year we made it a family walk. It was very nice. Then of-course to make up for the calories we burned, we ate at Denny's afterwards :)

Last night Scott and I drove down to Malibu to have dinner at a beach restaurant in honor of Scott's birthday. This place was really cool. Check out the views. This is the restaurant.

All of the drinks were served in really cool cups.

We thought we would try something different. Neither Scott or I are big seafood fans. I love sushi but I like tuna and salmon, none of that crazy stuff.

We sampled an Ice box of seafood. And of-course you will see BBQ Beef ribs on the side-ha. I was really excited some place served beef ribs. I don't eat pork and this is the first time I have seen beef served so I had to get them.

Today we are off to the Strawberry Festival. Posting later...

Happy Birthday Scott!

Yesterday was Scott's 31st birthday. I have to say, the boys wore me out! We ran around running errands most of yesterday that by time we were home, I just sat in the car for a few minutes. This medicine really wears on me. I couldn't even put the groceries away until I rested for 15 minutes on the couch. The boys did good with all the errands we ran. The most important one was William's follow-up with his doctor for his leg braces. He is doing so well that he only has to wear them at night now!!! But if he starts to "pop up" on his feet, he will have to wear them during the day again. BUT if all goes well over the next six weeks, he is done. Yes, done! I so proud of him for doing so well with these braces. Of-course none of his shoes fit since he has been in casts and braces for the last twelve weeks so we had to stop by Target to pick out new shoes. He is so excited to wear them.

I made Scott his favorite meal for his birthday dinner, Meatloaf.

The first four sentences when Scott walked in the door last night were by William:

"Look at what I colored for you."

"We are going to eat cake!"

"I got you a tie."

"It's red!"

So much for surprises! Ha

The boys blew out the candles.

And Harry ate every drop of the ice cream cake.

Happy Birthday Scott. We love you!

Happy 2nd Birthday Harrison!

I can't believe my "baby" is already two years old! Where has the time gone? I got to say that I am one lucky mom. I feel so blessed to have two adorable, funny and loving boys. Scott surprised us and took the day off of work today. So in turn, we surprised the boys and took them back to Knott's Berry Farm.

First of all, they woke up to Christmas times 2 :) Remember the easel I blogged about at Christmas? Well the parts that were missing finally came in the mail the other day so Scott woke up early this morning and put it together. And Nana and Pawpa bought the boys a new table (that just so happens to match the easel). It also came in this week. And then there were the remote control cars that Gramma and Grandpa bought the boys for their birthday. So the boys woke up to the play room being filled with toys. It felt like Christmas all over again.

Harrison loves Snoopy whereas William wants nothing to do with him. We were holding him back from riding rides I guess.

I took so many cute pictures today. So many to chose from...

Happy Birthday! We came home and had Harry's sporty cupcakes and decorations. He loves his sports!

He was really excited about his basketball hoop. You know the hoops you hang over the bedroom door? Well he wasn't making any baskets so Scott hung it on his crib. He loves it. Obviously it is back on the door because he will not go to sleep if he can play ball. He also adopted a "FurReal" Panda. It is so cute. This panda makes all sorts of cute noises. It takes a bottle (slurping), asks for hugs, giggles, whines, etc. It's pretty cool and I am pretty proud of myself for finding it on clearance at Target :)

Oh and how can I forget. I don't know how we do it but we have some luck when it comes to games. Check out today's prizes. All 6 of them! And it only costs $4 because we are that good! Ha!

Oh how I can't believe Harrison is TWO! I love you Harry Bugs. Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday William

Me: "What did you get for your birthday Will?"

William: "Lightning McQueen! You know the famous race car? KaChow!" You think he has seen that movie enough?

You may be asking yourself, "didn't he get Lightning McQueen for Christmas?" And the answer is YES. But that LMQ only lasted 24 hours before he broke it. So we invested in a diecast metal LMQ and Mater. It is so funny because it doesn't get old. He has been obsessed with Lightning McQueen for a year. While Will was opening one present, Harry was opening LMQ. Of-course Harrison doesn't understand that it is William's day. And William didn't understand why Lightning McQueen wasn't Harry's since he opened it. He kept giving it back to him and saying he wanted one too :) (and yes we shorten Lightning McQueen to LMQ around here).

Our day was fun and off schedule. I woke up and decorated the cake. It took me longer than I expected but I was winging it with how I was going to decorate the cake. We went to a late lunch/early dinner at Big Z's. It's like a ChuckECheese. Then we came home and had cake, cupcakes and ice cream. And opened presents. Well not all of the presents. They stopped at Mater and Lightning McQueen. Grandma and Grandpa's present is still on the table. And all of his cards. I guess we will call it a birthday week since he probably won't open them tonight. Now they are watching....can you guess? CARS!

Monster Jam

Last night we surprised William with an early birthday present. We took the boys to Monster Jam. I didn't realize that picking "best available" seats on Ticket Master meant that we would get front row seats! Grave Digger was parked right in front of us so Harrison could not stop pointing at him. They absolutely loved it. All the dirt, noise, trucks, crashes, etc. They were in heaven. Afterwards we went to Sonic Drive In. There is one in Anaheim where the Monster Jam was. We haven't been to Sonic in over two years-yummy. And you know it is a celebration when there are two toddlers in the back seat eating Jr. Sundaes at 11:38pm! They crashed right after the sundaes. We didn't get home until 1am. We don't really like keeping the boys up that late but hey, it was a celebration! Unfortunately we missed church this morning because we got home so late. Now I have 18 extra cupcakes in my kitchen!!!!

Of-course Grave Digger brought it and won the whole competition. It was awesome.

El Torro Loco. The boys loved the horns.

And Monster Mutt did really well too. He put on quite the show.

Crash!

Will had four layers on! See Grave Digger in the background?