Boys Birthday

Happy Birthday to my Birthday Boys!

the boys birthday wreath (its part of our birthday tradition - every Schroeder birthday gets a balloon wreath to match their theme, and its up for at least a week)

Yesterday Bubba turned 5 and Zekie turned 3!

We had wanted to do a huge party - guitars and trains - but another family from church was doing a party at the same time and we would hate to have our friends have to pick - so we cancelled our party and just had a super fun family day and we'll be going berry picking this weekend to celebrate.

We have a tradition of decorating the house during nap time. So the three boys took a nap and us girls decorated! Shortie was so excited to show the boys their decorations and presents all wrapped up.

We also had a great skype party with Gaw, Papa, Great Grandma and Harleigh Dog. (It wouldn't feel like a birthday without a skype party... technology is amazing)

Zekie wanted a chocolate cake with frosting - yummy! thats my kind of cake! (I made our really yummy vegan chocolate cake -- it was one of the first vegan baking recipes I ever tried, and now I can't imagine any other type of chocolate cake) We put the trick candles on the cake and at first he wasn't sure if he was fond of them, but then he really started laughing and having fun with it. Eventually everyone was trying to help blow them out - unsuccessfully. The last one wouldn't stay out until Jon flipped it upside down into the cake- eww, I made sure to avoid that wax filled piece...

Bubba wanted a vanilla bean cake (it was vegan too --- very sweet, so they loved it). They all had fun getting in on his trick candles.

I still can't believe Bubba is five! Zekie seems older to me, so being three was only odd, because I felt he should have been four. I mean, think about it this way = 4 months after his first birthday Conrad was born, and then 5 months after his 2 birthday Graesynn was born --he just turned 3 and he already has two younger siblings trying to chase after him. That just seems insane to me, so we keep thinking he must be older!

I love my birthday boys and we are so blessed to have the opportunity to celebrate 5 and 3 years worth of awesome life together!