PARKER turns.....5!!!

Happy Birthday Parker!

I asked Parker if he wanted to go and buy a cake for his birthday and he said, "No, Mom, I want you to make me something....maybe cookies." So we came up with these homemade oreos and it turned out pretty good. The day of his birthday we just had a fun, family day and the boys will have a combined party at the end of the month.

So I put up a Crete paper barrier when Parker when to bed the night before his birthday. I usually hang them down vertically, but Cory suggested I do it this way so he could break through when he woke up. It went over big, he told me he went through it like he was busting some one's door down.

He got to bring a treat to share at school on his birthday. We found a dinosaur cupcake pan and we had to get it, this is him decorating them the morning of, he was very generous with the sprinkles:)

February 12th....a good day to be born on. What's cooler than sharing your birthday with President Lincoln?

He chose to go to The Tree house Museum in Ogden. It is such a fun place and they loved this big map on the floor.....and he does love Mount Rushmore as you can see.

We had a hard time getting Spencer to look at anything else once he found the dino corner. I love how he gets his face right down there in the action when he plays with dinosaurs.

It's fun to learn about different cultures and what goes on in other countries. You could really spend all day here it's so fun. It's very interactive, we made all kinds of things. Another thing I like about it is that it's very clean and no adult can be admitted without a child which is comforting that they don't just let random adults pay the admission price and come on in. It is in downtown Ogden after all, which may have a reputation of an 'ick' factor.

After the museum we headed out to dinner at the place of Parker's choice which was Olive Garden. We thought the wait wouldn't be too long since it was a Thursday, but we were wrong....45 minutes! So I decide to take the boys on a walk over to Bed, Bath, & Beyond to kill some time. I didn't realize what a fun place this could be to take kids, they loved the kitchen gadget section. And as you can see from the picture above they loved the massager chairs.

We came home and he tore into his presents. We made him wait all day to open them, but we didn't want Cory to miss any of the action. Spencer would pick up a present during the day and Parker would say, "It's okay if you open it Spencer, I don't care." Oh sure, get little brother to do the dirty work! I did have to put some of them away because he kept shaking them and figured out what a couple of them were.

Another good thing about birthdays.....getting wads of cash in the mail from grandma and grandpa!