Happy Birthday Vanessa!

Happy Birthday Vanessa!!

I hope your 35th year is a wonderful one.

I miss you and love you and wish you safe travelling!

Love
Jennifer

Hayden's Birthday

Happy Birthday Hayden! I want to write out the story of your birth but we're getting ready to go to the Szabbies' house for Christmas, so I can't right now! I will get around to it and add it in later, I promise.

Happy Birthday little one, I can't believe you're FIVE years old.

love
Mommy

Weekend Preparations

 Jake and I got ready all day today for Hayden's birthday party tomorrow. At 8pm tonight Rudolph was on, and while we put up the tree, the kids watched the classic. They loved it, of course. They helped with the tree too. I've got a good feeling that THIS year they won't be pulling at it and taking all the decorations off... knock on wood.

I finished a not-so-traditional smartie cake at about 1am. The Doodle Bops are one of Hayden's favourite shows. This is Rooney Doodle. Jake helped me with the execution of the idea. Mostly it stemmed from "What do I do with a whole bunch of blue fondant icing?"

Music notes on the back half. The red smarties are his hat.

And last but not least, our gorgeous Christmas Tree. We got a live one. Jake picked it up last night. Balsam Fir (my fav) and it smells divine. It's not quite fully decorated yet, but for the most part it is done. I loooooove it. I don't even care that there are needles everywhere, or that my hands get sap on them. It's perfect. I'm so glad I got rid of the hated flimsy crappy fake tree from last year.

Hayden's Christmas Concert

I love that he scans the audience looking for us. The exact moment he spies me he waves. LOL so cute! Jake was filming and had moved up to get a better shot. I don't think Hayden noticed him.