"In between" birthday party...

Since Adri and Sam's birthdays are exactly two years and two week apart, we always use the week in between to have a family birthday party, that way the party doesn't fall on either of their birthdays and take away from the specialness of the day for one of them (or have them getting presents on the other one's day).  On their actual birthday we have a special dinner and cupcakes/cake for that child with just the four of us.  This year Adri's birthday fell on Easter, so she had an extra special one of a kind day that won't happen again for awhile.

Since Sam's birthday (and his receipt of many cards in the mail) he has been going out to the mailbox to see if the "mail" has brought him more cards.  :)  Each day he tells me "Mommy, let's go check the mail, maybe it brought me another card."  He and Adri both love receiving mail and get extremely excited to open cards that came in the mail.  (Matt and I have decided that next year we'll just send their birthday presents through the mail, that way receiving them will be extra special.)

I attempted to combine the birthday themes so we could order a smaller cake.  So, you get a unicorn/Thomas the Train theme...  :)

Yes, you will now see many pictures of our cat, Oreo.  I love this cat and think he's the most beautiful cat in the world, so you have to just suffer through it.  :)

Yes, another Oreo picture.  As you can clearly see here, he is very happy to be trapped and loved on by the five year old...