Phoebe and Beatrix have a Birthday Party!!

On November 5th my little Birdie turned 2.

Five days later my Smelly Cat turned 4.

Where has the time gone? Where have my babies gone??! They've turned into little girls. So very bittersweet to watch them grow and mature right before my very eyes.

To celebrate this momentous occasion we threw a joint birthday party for the girls. Phoebe was especially in heaven. Beatrix was very wary of the strangers but over time she got much more comfortable.

It was an extravaganza of fairy wings, cupcakes, pizza, jumpers and presents. What little girls could want anything more?!

I am so blessed to be able to call these two little munchkins mine. They've brought craziness, love and a whole lot of laughter into my life. I am sincerely blessed.

Matthew turns 6- Star Wars Style

My little Matty Bug turned 6.

His birthday party was all kinds of insane. I think I may have just screwed myself because I don't think I'm ever going to be able to top this party.

As a party favor, all the kids got homemade lightsabers. I made eighteen lightsabers out of foam pool noodles, and an extraordinary amount of duct tape. I know it probably sounds on the ghetto side but they actually looked pretty awesome and all the kids went apeshite over them.

It was like a Star Wars wonderland.

Paper mache planets to match up with several of Matthew's favorite planets from Star Wars. Mustafar, Endor, Tatooine, Coruscant, Kasssyk , Dagobah, Bespin, Hoth, several of their moons and of course the Death Star.

I had art cut outs all over the walls of different characters from all the episodes of Star Wars. I selfishly centered primarily on the characters I like the best but I made sure to include Matty's beloved droids, TIE fighters, X-wings, wookies and ewoks galore.

We had sixteen little kids running wild. They battled to the death with their foam lightsabers. We played games. They jumped to their hearts content in the jumper and ate as much jello jigglers, strawberries and pizza their little tummies could hold.

It was Matthew's version of heaven straight down to the Darth Vader pinata.

He's already talking about next year's birthday party...... Heaven help me.