opening presents 

Jude and his Hulk cake! 

Jude and "Beary" the Build-A-Bear mascot 

Choosing a bear 

Jude is Four!

Jude turned four on Sunday, August 20th. We had a Build-A-Bear party at the mall and then came home for cake and presents with his friends. on the 19th. It was SO much fun!! Iwas so happy with how well it turned out and all of his friends made it. Jude made a bear and got a Superman suit for it to wear, it was very cute. He had an Incredible Hulk birthday cake, which was delicious! He set the table for all of his friends, putting out the plates and cups and napkins before we sang Happy Birthday to him. I think it took him about 2 minutes to open his presents! He just tore into them, he would look at it, say "Thanks!" and right on to the next one. Once they were all open then we started trying to get stuff out of the packaging and he was letting everyone play with his new toys.

He seems so grown up to me! He is such a good friend, and I was so proud of how good he was at his party showing his friends his room and wanting to share all his toys.

ARGH! 

Pirates! 

The cake 

Happy Birthday Eden! 

Eden is 7!!

Eden turned 7 years old on August 13th. We had a party the day before, a Pirate Party! We took the guests to see "Treasure Island" which was actually pretty funny, and then had cake and a pinata. They also played a treasure map hunt game. Eden was SO happy, he had such a good time and his friends were all really good. His cake was by far the coolest birthday cake I have ever seen, it turned out even better then the picture they showed us in the store.

I am so proud of my big boy. He is such a sweet, kind, smart little person, and he just amazes me every day. He also just started 2nd grade on August 1st so it has been a busy couple of weeks for him. But he is always in a good mood, always looking after his brother, always wanting to play. I am a very lucky Mama.