Happy Birthday Pea Jr!

We celebrated Pea Jr.'s birthday last week with the family. He will have his "big" birthday party in the spring or summer. 

Here's some pictures:

I promise, I did NOT set his ice cream cake on fire....it just looks like that in the picture-LOL. It must be our camera because I only had 10 candles. 

 We decided to use trick candles this  year on Pea Jr.'s cake. Love the surprised expression on his face when the candles came back on!

We all had a wonderful time and Pea Jr. was thrilled with his gifts.

Letter from Mom to Pea Jr.:

Pea Jr., I can't say enough about how much I love you. You and your brother are both such special blessings in our lives!

You have a wonderful sense of humor and your beautiful smile just lights up a room and makes everyone smile. You are an exceptional young man!

This past year you have found a passion for playing game cube ~ Scooby Doo rules! :)

Your favorite books were Castle in the Attic and Magic Tree House series.


Thank you for being my son. You are dynamite!

Happy Birthday Pea Jr. ~  We Love you!!

Happy Birthday Lil' Pea!

Lil' Pea turned 8 last week! My gosh, time just speeds by. It seems like only yesterday that he was a baby in my arms!

Both our boys have birthdays in January and with Lil' Pea's birthday being so soon after the holiday, we have a family birth "day" celebration. Mom and Dad make sure we are off work and the birthday boy gets to pick his favorite dinner either at home or in a restaurant and a favorite activity.

We spend the day celebrating with the activity and dinner and then we come home to have a family celebration of cake, ice cream and open one family gift (usually a big one from the whole family). Later in the year (in May/June) we host a birthday party for our boys and invite friends and neighbors; that's the big celebration.

This year Lil' Pea chose to go to Chuck E Cheese (of course) for his activity and McD's for dinner (he doesn't like CEC pizza). Both kids played hard and had an absolute blast! (Sorry, no pics- camera problems. I'll scan the some pics when they get back from being processed.) We all had a great family day.

A Letter from Mom to Matthew: 

Lil' Pea, you are so precious to me! I love the way you wake up all happy and energetic and shout every morning, (literally!!)

When I hear you say each morning, "Good Morning, Mama! I love you!" it just makes my day.

You are a wonderful free spirit; you would rather be outside playing all day in nature than being in the house. I love watching you think and process when you work on a problem and the special light that comes in your eyes when you solve it.

I love the quiet times at night, listening to your Daddy put you to bed and read you your favorite books, The Magic Tree House series. I laugh at your jokes and your antics and when you win an argument out of pure stubbornness.

I thank God every day that He blessed us with you and I love you with all my heart!