Birthday Week

Last week was a big birthday week in our household.  The end of Februray will always be this way, as Steve's birthday is on the 25th, Sophia's is on the 26th and mine is on the 27th.  Yes, three -- right in a row.  This means that there are a lot of celebrations and a lot of cake.  I think that it is safe to say that while I do enjoy a nice cake, it will be a while before I am anxious to enjoy one.

We celebrated Sophia's birthday the weekend before with family and friends.  On Steve's birthday, we put up some decorations, made sure that we called him to sing 'happy birthday,' prepared a birthday dinner, opened presents and enjoyed angel food cake with strawberries.  (Steve is not a big fan of frosting -- or desserts, in general -- so I always try to make something a little less sweet for him for his birthday).

Wrapping presents for their daddy:

Steve's favorite holiday is St. Patrick's Day, so we made special birthday tags for him with shamrocks on them.  Sam wrote on the tags herself.

And, of course, there were lots of stickers used to decorate his cards!

Steve and his girls:

Samantha was interested in all aspects of the celebration; Sophia was more interested in two things: opening the presents and blowing out the candles on the cake.

Sam's present to her daddy combined his two loves -- camoflauge and St. Patrick's Day.  Needless to day, Steve was pretty excited about his new ball cap.

Sophia picked out some new house slippers for Steve.  His other pair were getting very worn out, and it bothered Sophia tremendously whenever he would wear them with holes on the sides.

The girls both helped blow out the candles on the cake.  This is something that they LOVE to do, and we are more than happy to oblige.

The happiness on their faces is apparent.

Savoring the flavor:

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With me teaching two nights a week (including on my birthday), we had to squeeze in my celebration after dance class one night.  My mom brought us a cake and the girls helped me to open my gifts.  (You'll even notice that Steve made a small change to the sign in the background).

More candles!

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The following weekend, we had two more celebrations, one with Steve's family and another with some friends of ours that we unable to attend Sophia's birthday party.  Steve's sister made a cake for us and the girls were more than delighted to blow out candles ... again!

We feel so blessed to have some many family and friends to celebrate our special days with us.  While it makes for a very busy (but fun and exciting) end of the month, we wouldn't trade it for anything!