Supermommie's Beautiful Life: The Twin's Birthday

After I finished panicking about forgetting my twin's birthday, they probably had more fun than if I had really planned it.

I don't have pictures (because I'm lame and forgot both of my cameras) of their first birthday event, but I know Hannah does, and as soon as I get some from her, I'll share. We went to see her up at her Mom's place in Lake Arrowhead, well, we met her at her mom's place and then went to the marina. That was so f

un. The kids loved the lake. We ate a cake that Hannah made for the girls, and they opened their gifts from Aunt Hannah (stuffed animals...they love stuffed animals). Uncle Steven was on a mission trip in Mexico, so he couldn't be there. The kids then went to this small beach area where they played in the water and generally had a good time. The trek to and from the car was interesting, and I was glad that I had extra clothes for the drive home down the mountain, but it was really fun.

On Saturday, we went to the girl's Grandpa's house and barbecued. There was more cake (a really great recipe for a gf/cf angel food cake that everyone enjoyed). Then we opened a few presents.

I have found that my twins are the most difficult of my children to shop for. They really don't have anything that I can say, "Ali likes that" or "Zoe loves this toy the best." They like Elmo, but there is only so much Elmo that I can take. I think the thing that they like the best is balloons and sunglasses. So, what did they get for their birthd

ay? Balloons and sunglasses. It worked out well that the kids all got sunglasses (I bought the cheap party favors at the

99 cent store), and everyone got a balloon. They also got some stuff from grandparents, and even though we are all really broke, the girls adored everything that they received. I think I like the fact that two of my kids have very simple tastes. Give them an Elmo balloon, and they are entertained for hours.

The balloons did entertain, too. When the girl's other cousin, Emmalee showed up, there were a total of 4 two-year-olds in the small condo (well, Emmalee turns two next month). Micah and Becca were surrounded by short people. It was pretty chaotic, and I had a serous headache by the time we got home, but still pretty fun. The kids are cute, aren't they? They had fun with party hats, too. Overall, they had a good time. Micah had trouble shari

ng the balloons (what else is new?) and it seemed like everyone was crawling all over each other, but that's what happens when you put that many kids together in such a small place. I'll have my act together one of these years (I hope) and we will have a more space to r

un around (at least outside) at my house.

Their actual birthday was spent at church. Well, with the exception of the obligatory nap at home in the afternoon. There were too many things happening at church that day to do any celebrating on the actual

day, but we did have a rare trip to the doughnut shop on the way to church for breakfast.

I don't really have much else to say, but here are some more pictures and a scripture.