Nobody Can Be Uncheered By a Balloon!

Through the years, we have had a tradition of blowing up balloons and hanging them above the birthday girl's bed so that she wakes up to them on the morning of her birthday.  I had so much fun carrying on the tradition in the wee hours of the night for a birthday surprise this morning! 

When she was little, she had ideas of how these balloons magically appeared. Her ideas ranged from the giraffes in Lion King to Star Wars characters to favorite characters from Narnia and Harry Potter.  This year, it was only appropriate to tell her that someone must have come in on a tall unicycle and put them around her bed while she was sleeping. 

Happy 3rd Birthday! 

Happy 4th! 

Happy 5th!! 

Happy 6th! 

Happy 7th! 

Happy 10!! 

November 13, 2013- 

HAPPY ELEVEN!!!! 

the twenty-third of may

may 23, 2013 

So thankful for a day to celebrate our boy today.... 

the tradition continues.... the balloons appear around the bed the night before the birthday morning 

I wrapped up each of the things in Taylor's lunch today.... I did it last year and he had fun with it, but found out that this year, it took him too long to unwrap them (so he kindly asked me not to do this again... :) 

 

beautiful poppies to start the day on the way to school 

 

I had a meeting at SPU today so decorated the Fremont people on my way to pick up Taylor as a surprise 

 

Baskin Robbins treat after school 

 

our new Seattle tradition of decorating the Fremont people... we started the tradition in the fall with Anna and continued it today with Taylor... 

 

It was fun to bring him here after school and to surprise him! 

 

Oh Happy Day! 

 

favorite birthday dinner (tomato, mozzarella, and tortellini skewers with basil vinaigrette) 

 

birthday cheer 

 

sweet treat to cap off the day 

 

year one placemat 

 

year two placemat 

 

year three placemat 

 

year four placemat

 

year five placemat 

 

year six placemat 

 

year seven placemat 

 

year eight placemat- HAPPY BDAY TAYLOR!