It's My Party

We had a big family birthday party for Eli and Tatum on February 16th. I was wanting to get the party in before Evan was born and we made it with 9 days to spare. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins, they probably enjoyed playing more than getting gifts. I can't believe Eli is 4 and Tatum is 2. It doesn't seem like it has been that long. It reminds me of the Kenny Chesney song, Don't Blink. "Don't blink, you just might miss your babies growin' like mine did."



This is a good picture of Tatum because she doesn't have her eyes closed. When we take her picture she likes to say cheese and close her eyes real tight. She didn't say cheese here because her thumb was in her mouth. Go figure. At least we can see her big eyes.




Eli in his birthday chair opening presents.




Eli's birthday theme was Star Wars...of course what else could it have been. I had a fun time looking for his R2D2 cake pan. Wilton retired the pan and it has not been made since 1982. The best place to get them now is on Ebay. I found one and bought it for $62.00. Wow! It gets even better. When my Aunt Linda saw the cake she said I have an R2D2 cake pan. I never would have thought my Aunt with two daughters would have a Star Wars cake pan. Oh, well $62 well spent. The things we do for our kids.

PaPa is helping Eli blow out his candles.




Tatum's favorite cartoon is Little Bear so we had a bear party for her. She really enjoyed the party, especially blowing out the candles and everyone singing to her.