"So many good things come in pairs, like ears and socks and panda bears. But,
best of all are set of twins, with extra laughter, double grins." - Unknown
....there's also twice the noise, messes, tantrums, and tears but I wouldn't trade them in for anything!
Tuesday marked Ben and Zach's 4th birthday, and they had anxiously been counting down the days for weeks leading up to the day. The first thing out of Zach's mouth when he woke up was, "It's my birthday today Mommy, now can I have a piece of cake?"
We started off the boys' birthday with Mickey Mouse waffles courtesy of a new waffle iron from Nini and Papaw. I put a candle in each waffle to give them a little practice for blowing out the candles on their cakes. Ben, no problem. Zach, well let's just say there was a good layer of spit all over his waffle and a candle that still wasn't blown out.
While I made pizza dough and got ready, Darius took the boys to the store so that they could spend their $5 dollars from Grandma and Grandpa and buy new underwear for Ben. That switch finally clicked in his head, and we are beyond thrilled to report that he's finally potty trained! What a nice present for Mom and Dad!
Later in the day we took the boys to the Orlando Science Center. It was our first visit there and was an instant hit. We easily spent 4 hours there and could have stayed longer. The boys have requested a return visit several times already. There are a lot of great areas in the center that are geared toward kids their age, and right now they have a temporary Bob the Builder exhibit with all kinds of interactive stuff for kids. They boys spent the majority of their time in that particular room, so I already know there's going to be a lot more to see when we go back again to check out all the other areas.
After the Science Center we stopped at home to pick up the boys' cakes and all the fixings for pizza and headed over to the Bacon household for dinner. I love that we've been able to spend half of the boys' birthdays with the Bacon family. They were there to support us at the hospital when the boys joined our family, and it's nice to have those same faces with us to celebrate 4 years later.
I love that the boys were so excited for their birthday this year and that they had such a great day. Darius and I never forget how incredibly blessed we are to be their parents. We adore them and love how special they are in their own ways. Our babies are gone, our toddlers are gone, we're now looking at little boys. Wow. Time flies.
....there's also twice the noise, messes, tantrums, and tears but I wouldn't trade them in for anything!
Tuesday marked Ben and Zach's 4th birthday, and they had anxiously been counting down the days for weeks leading up to the day. The first thing out of Zach's mouth when he woke up was, "It's my birthday today Mommy, now can I have a piece of cake?"
We started off the boys' birthday with Mickey Mouse waffles courtesy of a new waffle iron from Nini and Papaw. I put a candle in each waffle to give them a little practice for blowing out the candles on their cakes. Ben, no problem. Zach, well let's just say there was a good layer of spit all over his waffle and a candle that still wasn't blown out.
While I made pizza dough and got ready, Darius took the boys to the store so that they could spend their $5 dollars from Grandma and Grandpa and buy new underwear for Ben. That switch finally clicked in his head, and we are beyond thrilled to report that he's finally potty trained! What a nice present for Mom and Dad!
Later in the day we took the boys to the Orlando Science Center. It was our first visit there and was an instant hit. We easily spent 4 hours there and could have stayed longer. The boys have requested a return visit several times already. There are a lot of great areas in the center that are geared toward kids their age, and right now they have a temporary Bob the Builder exhibit with all kinds of interactive stuff for kids. They boys spent the majority of their time in that particular room, so I already know there's going to be a lot more to see when we go back again to check out all the other areas.
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| The boys had their cakes picked out months in advance. Ben wanted "Dark Mater." |
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| Zach wanted Wall-E and again coated his cake with spit..... |
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| ...and needed the help of Ben and Daddy to blow out his candles. |
