birthday weekend

We spent the whole weekend celebrating your Daddy's 40th Birthday.

Our schedule of fun party events went as follows:






The most fun was (is always) the Treasure Hunt.

This year I made up little poems with the last word missing
to guide you from one hidden wrapped gift to the next
through out the house.

I love watching you both run from floor to floor,
room to room, looking for the next gifts and clue.

It's kind of like Christmas.

We were blessed with incredible weather for our
outdoor treasures.






Your favorite gift was your fazoodles.
You have been asking for them forever. :)






After two weeks of no sugar for me
I decided to have a sliver of the delicious cake
you picked out for Daddy.






Birthday cake and a winning football game...
who could ask for more.


And as if someone had planned it, 
our family won one of the five very nice 
community gift bags with lots of free tickets and meals
at the Fall Festival at Life Bridge.
(And when I picked the slip for the last family to receive 
the final bag left, it was AUNTIE PAM'S family!!!)


So much fun packed into such a
special weekend!


Happy 40th Birthday, Greg! :)

The following are the poems and gifts from the scavenger hunt:

Plastic or glass 

You use me to drink 

To rinse me out 

You use the ______.

(mader color changer)

Be very careful

Don’t bump your head

Climb up the ladder 

To the top of your bunk____.

(rocket balloons for you

and new pajama pants for your Daddy)

This is a treasure hunt

Not a chase or a race

But run yourself down 

To the cold fire______

(pop tarts- a no-no in this house

and five build it yourself airplanes)

When watching a movie 

And it’s popcorn you crave

Open the package and 

Put it in the ________!

(10 bags of popcorn and the movie

How to Train Your Dragon)

When I make cookies

I always like to look

At my favorite recipes 

In my black cook_____

(Wheat Thins and another no-no in our house,

squeeze cheese)

Forgive me please,

You may have to crouch

Or lay on your face 

To see under the _______.

(a new trio set)

What’s that I hear?

Was it a swish?

You’d better run up 

And check on your _____.

(i honestly don't remember)

Shhhhhh...listen close.

Do you hear a boy vroom?

You should make sure

No one’s in your toy _______.

(snot rod color changer)

Go to the front door.

Put on your crocks.

Time to head out 

To check the mail_______.

(each of your favorite kinds of chocolate)

When people come to visit

And want to rest their head

They crawl up to get some sleep

In the guest ____.

(a can of peanuts and more

pajama pants for your Dad)

I’m not quite sure where

You may have to trek.

But I know it is worth 

The surprise on the _____!

(ruffles chips and dip)

If you are wiling 

If you are able

Hop down the stairs 

To see your cars ______.

(your very own green calculator,

you are in love with mine)

Zu-zus and airplanes

Tracks, cars, and blocks

Are all tucked away 

In your giant toy ____.

(your own set of measuring cups

because you are always stealing 

mine for the bath tub)

Fire Cat and Froggy 

Little House on the Prairie

Are books that have been 

In your upstairs _________.

(a new toy for Yuki)

If you spin it real hard 

It can sure get to cruizin’

Just open the cabinet

Turn the fun lazy _________.

(microwavable dishes for your Daddy

who hates getting burned by our dishes)

  

If you want to feel

Like famous rock stars 

just jam out on Daddy's

Rockin’ _______.

(fazoodles)

When you’re ready to go

It’s not easy to choose

But check in the closet

For just the right ______. 

(your own set of measuring spoons

to go with your measuring cups)

If you’re feeling snack-ish 

Then nothin’ says lovin’

Like something delicious

Hiding inside your _______!

("as seen on TV" brownie pan

with fresh brownies waiting.

Your Daddy has been BEGGING for 

this for a long time.)

There might be a gift 

For my 40 year old hubby

Go see for yourself

In his bathroom cubby!

(a very nice electric shaver)