Pirate, jumping party.

A Birthday Riddle

What do you get when you mix forty toenails with forty fingernails, 3 non-English speaking manicurists, 4 bottles of polish, 5 cokes, 4 bags of popcorn, 8 movie tickets, 9 pairs of 3D glasses, 2 flaming cook tops and a large cookie cake?

HAYDEN'S BIRTHDAY!!!!

Let us entertain you.

You know we can.

Take last night for example: open fly, speech from outer space(about aliens, I think), raw chicken, food hoarding, child about to throw up, 3 year old determined to stab himself in the throat with a toothpick, a cake with no candles, 1 waitress impostor and a really, really smoky ambiance.

We have a picture to prove it:

Next performance: November 29.

Halloween Decorations

Not too much excitement on day 2 of Fall Break. I spent the morning picking up, the boys ran around the house and occasionally bugged their sisters and the girls locked themselves in their bedrooms playing barbies.

We met Nina for lunch at the smallest sandwich shop in Huntsville, or at least it felt that way with my group. I did have a man allow me to grab two plastic fireman hats if I promised to wear them. Unfortunately, I wasn't much in the mood to fulfill fantasies today so he didn't get his "show". Nina escaped from us and we headed to Target. Three bags of candy, 3 different kinds of vitamins, 2 trips to the potty, 2 boxes of the beloved muffin tops, 1 trip through the Halloween costume aisle and 1 run-over foot later, we left.

We did notice a little Halloween decoration today. Last week we had a beautiful spider web in front of the house. I never saw the spider, but the web was really a look into the wonders of God's creatures. Today there was another web on the basketball goal. Amazing. Hayden spotted the spider and it was HUGE. I've heard it said that nice web, nice spider, ugly web, ugly spider. It was a nice web so I figured the spider would be nice and let me take it's picture. It must be related to my children. I got the shot all ready and it ran away. After tripping over myself and breaking apart it's web, I did get a picture. Just not a very good one.

We ended the night with a big bang: Spencer's 13th birthday. Happy Birthday and let me know when you want to go to Claire's . . . I'm paying!

Tokyo . . . again.

We have a family tradition that on your Birthday, you pick where we all go eat to celebrate.  Hayden loves Tokyo.  We have been there(or similar restaurant) for the past 4 years.  It is the kind of place that cooks in front of you, with some knife slinging and humor.  Thanks family for "enjoying" the celebration one more time at Tokyo.  I wish the boys had liked it more . . . I'm guessing  in coming years, when fire is one of the joys of boyhood, they will like it a whole lot.  Right now, not so much.  Hayden had a great time and it is fun to see her excitement each year.  I know some of you may have had some digestion issues after dinner, but again I say thanks and when it is your Birthday, you can pick where ever your little heart desires!