Birthday celebration

I don't have many pictures from today, but i think it was a good birthday for Timothy.  It was a school day, but a fun one since it was the last day during break.  He did have one test, but they also got to watch a movie for the last 2 hours of the day.  He started his day with some Christmassy donuts!

He did not have many gifts this year, so we made him wait all through the school day to open any presents.  He was a good sport about it.  He did open a gift from Grandma before school.

His main gift was one that he has been wanting for a long time, so I guess waiting a little longer wasn't so bad.  He got a phone for his birthday--a phone with data. I think the smile in the picture above says it all.  He is a happy teen!

His choice for dinner, after 8 years of Happy Joe's, was Freddy's.  He really wanted to get a large ice cream mixer.  Since it was his birthday, he got his wish.  The first time we have eaten out in a long time.  After dinner it was back home for a Christmas movie--Christmas with the Kranks.  

It was a great day celebrating a teen who is growing up quickly, but still has a loving heart and a sensitive spirit and a lot of sarcasm!  Happy Birthday Timothy!

 

Birthday party time!

Timothy had a sleepover party planned again this year.  He was supposed to go skiing with a friend and then have another friend meet at our house later.  Well, skiing was cancelled after a 70 degree day--hard to keep the snow.  And then one of his friends was sick all week.  But, Timothy decided to go ahead with the party and we made the best of it!  (And this way he gets another party in a week or two so both friends can spend the night!)

We let Timothy open a family Christmas gift a little early.  Our computer has not kept up with his gaming, so we splurged on a new computer that works for online games.  Timothy was quite surprised and happy for the upgrade.

He wanted a cookie cake again this year.  I chose the Pokémon theme for him and added some frosting along the edges with sprinkles.  It is a pretty big cake, but we cut some to freeze for party #2!

To make the sleepover more of a party, we planned some minute to win it games.  You don't need a lot of people to have fun with these games.  One game had the boys unwrapping gifts with oven mitts on.  Another had them trying to stack marshmallows with chopsticks.  Some of the games were really hard like dropping a candy cane onto a string!  The boys had a lot of fun.

Even with our small party, we had to sing to Timothy and have him blow out his candles!  It was a fun night and I am sure party #2 will be good too!

It's upside down, but I think it is cute the pieces the boys wanted from the cake!

 

Gingerbread houses

For fun this year,I bought a gingerbread kit for St. Nicholas day.  Usually the kids just get an apple in their shoes, but I changed it up this year.  We all had fun decorating our houses.  There was a few issues getting the houses to stand and figuring out where the pieces go.  In the end, all the houses stood on their own and looked pretty festive.  You will also notice in the pictures that we are all wearing our new Comfys.  They were a gift from Aunt Mary.  A cozy wearable blanket and gingerbread creations...a perfect combination!