Jim's Birthday

Jim had his birthday this week.  With little kids, ANY birthday is very exciting, so there was high anticipation.  We started our fun by making him a birthday banner two weeks early.

 Then we went shopping and discovered there was nothing in our price range he would enjoy except a candy bar.  So we bought him a candy bar and went to one of his favorite restaurants for a gift card.  While we were out, the kids noticed some pinatas and wanted to know if we could have a pinata for his party.  They were super stuck on the idea, and it's totally the silly kind of thing we do for adult birthdays around here.  So we made one.  I think it was way better than anything we could have bought at the store.  :)

Jim arrived home from work on his birthday to this display and dinner (of his choosing) on the table.  It was party time!

The kids couldn't wait to hit the pinata (I'm not sure they've ever hit one before) so we did that right after dinner.

Abby was so funny when it was Logan's turn.  Somehow it made her nervous; she let out a little squeal every time he hit it.  Then she was fine for everyone else.

Because we made the pinata out of a box, it literally took some man power to break it open.

We had bags of popcorn inside for everyone.

Next Jim opened his cards and present.  His grandma had excellent timing; her card arrived that very day.

His best gift were the letters/ stories the kids wrote for him.  They were super cute; he took them to work to put on his wall.

Jim requested chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches instead of a cake.  Yum!  They are pretty close to my favorite too.

We sang 'Happy Birthday' over the cookie sandwiches and Jim pretended to blow out the candles.

To wrap up his birthday, he and I had a much needed date last night.  We went to Hu Hot (my first time and it was so delicious!), ran a few errands, and ended up walking around a furniture store just for the fun of it.  Our babysitter even watched Abby, so we were totally kid free.  It was a very nice evening.  Happy Birthday sweetheart!