Can it be my girls birthdays again??

It seems like  just a month ago I wrote that my baby turned 4 and now she is turning 5!  Wow!  I decided to throw the girls a birthday party together this year.  We ordered them their first American Girl dolls – Bitty Babies – 7 weeks ago and we just got them!   The party was supposed to be last Saturday but we postponed it, waiting on our box.   My husband says I love my kids birthdays more than they do!     He is probably right!  I am just so thankful for our children.  Our tradition is that before we sing happy birthday to them, we talk about their strengths and we also give thanks to God for giving them to us.  It wasn’t by chance they were born; it wasn’t an “accident”;   They were formed by God Almighty Himself!   I got choked up today as Bob was praying and thanking God for our sweet little girls.   I had the thought that when God formed me, He had my children in mind, too.   Life is good!

So, Sarah wanted another puppy themed birthday this year.  Sophie wanted a kitty cat birthday cake.  Our friends, Matt and Denise,  helped me with the doghouse/puppy cake.  I cannot take much credit for it!  God bless her!  I cannot make a gingerbread house like the one she made.   Isn’t it cute?

Bob suggested we have a birthday party for Sarah and Sophia  at the big play land here.  Unfortunately, I am horrible when it comes to crowds and I have “psyscho moments” ( as Bob calls them ) if I cannot keep track of my kids in such a large place filled with a lot of people.  So, I asked him if I did crafts and such if he wouldn’t mind if we had a party at our home.  I made a pot of broccoli/cheese soup, a pot of chicken and wild rice soup, sandwiches and a big Cesar salad.     I ordered 10 bobble head dogs from the USA and the girls had so much fun painting them and decorating them with bows and jewels and glitter.

Okay, I am not a great cake decorator, but it is my tradition to make a homemade birthday cake of my child’s choice.  I stay up late the night before and when they wake up, they run to see how it turned out.   So, last night was a very late night.  Between Sophie’s cake and frosting the doghouse/dog cake … well, it was rather time consuming.  So, maybe you understand what was running through my mind when Sophia said, “Mommy, I want to eat the kitty’s nose and mouth” and Sarah said, “Mommy, I want to eat the dogs head”.  You know how you spend a good two hours on making a nice dinner for your family only for them to sit down and scarf it down in 5 minutes flat??  Well, that’s a little how I felt … but it was worth it!  Have I said yet how much I adore my sweet girls???

Sarah and Sophia have been wanting Bitty Babies for a long time.  Sarah named her baby Lucy.  And Sophie named hers Ruby and Robert.   We watched the story of Ruby Bridges a few weeks ago – the first African-American girl to go to a “white” school.  What a moving story!!  The name Ruby kind of stuck in Sophia’s little mind.    Oh, and Sarah lost her front teeth, as you can see.   She said the other day, ” I lost my bunny teeth and now I am going to get big beaver teeth like Samuel!”      My babies are growing up.