Weekend/Birthday Fun

This is Cal and his "girlfriend" (from his class last year), Avery. Their birthday's are 4 days apart and they were able to do their birthday chapel together again this year. During birthday chapel, the birthday children stand at the front of chapel and everyone sings a birthday blessing song to them. It is a big deal and really sweet.

Cal getting his soccer trophy. Thankfully the games are short because it was our first really cold a.m. After the soccer game, we headed to Avery's birthday party at the bowling alley.

The boys wanted to paint their pumpkins rather than carve them. They both took their painting very serious. Brady just told me what he wanted his to look like.

Happy Birthday Cal! We spent the day at the pumpkin patch. So much fun. First they made butter, seriously :). Below is the picture of the "cow train" that was pulled by a tractor. The next picture is of sandboxes of dried corn. They ate lunch then went to the petting farm. After the farm, they loaded up on a hay ride and went out to the pumpkin patch to pick their pumpkin.

I can't believe my baby is 5!!!!!!!!!!

After school Cal asked if he could have a friend over to play and to go get a cookie from the Cookie Co.

One of our Mexican restaurants had Sponge Bob from 6-8 last night. A perfect place to celebrate a 5th birthday for a child who could care less about food, but who does love characters. Cal had a great time. We left dinner and Cal received the Wii game he had been wanting. He ended the day playing Wii with his daddy. A perfect day for the birthday boy.

Party In My Tummy

We like to sing the Yo Gabba Gabba song at our house. "There's a party in my tummy, so yummy, so yummy".

Here is a super simple, yet yummy recipe that I got off the Publix brand rotini pasta box.

1 box Publix tri-colored rotini pasta
3-4 chicken breast, cooked and chopped
1 container Publix brand deli spinach dip (I bought the spinach/artichoke)
salt and pepper to taste

Boil pasta. Cook the chicken (I chopped the chicken then sauteed it on the stove with some olive oil and Italian seasoning). I bought the spinach/artichoke dip and mixed it all together with a little salt and pepper. It was so simple and very good.

Cal's Birthday Party

Cal and his friend Will had their birthday party on Friday. This is the second year they have had their birthday together. This year the boys wanted a soccer party. The YMCA has an indoor field that you can rent. The price includes this WONDERFUL man named Brian who will entertain the party goers for a small cost. Seriously, Matt and I and the other mom and dad and all the other parents were sitting in the bleachers watching this guy totally entertain our children. AWESOME!!!!!! Once all the children arrived (except the 2 who didn't make it since their parent's thought it was on Sat., not Friday-oops). Brian sits them all in the middle of the field and then they line up for games. He played several games with them then it was time for cake, they ate cake, then went back out on the field for a few more games then it was time to go home. As one mom said, "a red face means a tired child". The pictures are not so good because the facility was sort of dark. One of Cal's favorite gifts was a face painting kit Matt's mom gave him. They had to have their face painted as soon as we got home.

Since Mom was here, Matt and I were able to squeeze in a date night. We had been wanting to try a new restaurant called Wintzell's and the Alley Bar. We had intended to eat then go to the Alley Bar, but with an hour and a half wait at Wintzell's, we went to the Alley Bar first. We enjoyed them both and we highly recommend the oyster sampler platter at Wintzell's.

We got up and enjoyed a lazy Saturday morning with new birthday toys then mom, Matt, the boys and I all went to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We decided with all of us going it would be the perfect time to take Brady to his first movie. We saw the 3D version and the boys loved it. Cal did not move the whole time and Brady did well until the last 10-15 minutes when he said the movie scared him. Matt graciously took him out and waited on us to finish the movie. I am not sure I would have done the 3D with Brady again because he didn't want to keep his glasses on and if you don't have your glasses on the screen is blurry. However, Matt said that his favorite part of the movie was watching Brady as he figured out that the glasses made the screen move.

Cal will have his birthday chapel and birthday snack at school on Friday because his class is going to the pumpkin patch on his actual birthday next Monday. His class went to the fire station last Wed. and it was so much fun. Of course I forgot my camera, but took pictures on my iPhone. Looking into how to get my pictures from my phone to my blog??????

Brothers

This picture is of the boys out on our patio watching T.V, sitting in one chair. We decided to move a T.V. to the patio so we could watch football and enjoy the wonderful weather. Brady asked to watch a cartoon before the football game started so I said yes, and turned something on. Cal came out to see what was going on and thought watching T.V. outside was fantastic. I go inside for a minute and return to see the two of them in this one little chair. You can see in the second picture that there is another little chair one of them could have sat in. They are so cute together (most of the time)!

The picture above is of the boys making "homemade" chocolate pudding. Cal wanted chocolate pudding (the little cups of chocolate pudding). I tell him we are out, but will pick some up the next time I go to Publix. He, my precious chocolate lover, is certain he needs chocolate pudding right then. I open up the pantry door and tell him we can make pudding. He is very confused by this.......................didn't know you could make pudding at home, thought it only came in the little cups! Ha! We make the pudding, put it in 4 little glass desert cups, put it in the refrigerator for 5 minutes and all sit down at the table to eat their "homemade" pudding. Cal eats a bite and declares that he thinks he likes the cups of pudding better (homemade pudding effort down the drain)!