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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Full weekend

Saturday we celebrated Garrett birthday with what will be his last "big" birthday party.  I love entertaining but the birthday party situation seems to be getting bigger and bigger each year.   This year we did laser tag and ended up with 15 guests plus the birthday boy.  Next year will be a friend or two over for a campout or something along those lines. 

Garrett and his friends had a blast playing 2 rounds of laser maze and 2 games of laser tag.  It was a little bitter sweet knowing that we won't be doing these big festivities anymore.  We've had many, many years of big parties to remind my little guy just how many people celebrate the fact that he is here.


The birthday boy wanted an Angry Birds cake this year and after a bunch of phone calls to grocery stores in the area, I realized we were on our own.  Thanks to pinterest, I was able to find directions for some really cute and relatively easy Angry Bird cupcakes.  Friday was a bit dreary so we made a quick dinner and got to cupcake making!

We actually had a lot of fun making them and Garrett has suggested that we just make our own birthday cakes/cupcakes from now on.  I have to agree with him, the making was just as fun as the eating.... almost.

Sunday was filled with more birthdays.  We kicked off the day at my favorite farmers market with our favorite Aunt Brittany to celebrate her birthday. 

Garrett reading while we waiting at the entrance for Brittany
We don't get to go nearly as much as when we lived in the city and I know there are markets much closer to us, but I love this one so much we make an effort to get down there at least once a month.  It's hands down my favorite thing to do on a Sunday morning.


 
We followed the market up with another birthday party where Garrett was able to test his water wings out for the first time this season.  He needed a few hours to warm up and remember how to get those limbs moving but by the end of the party he was jumping off the diving board.

We rounded Memorial Day out with a nice cookout at Mike's parents house.  A gorgeous patio, margaritas and games with family was a great way to end a nice, busy weekend

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