Category: Birthday

dee’s 40th birthday!

On January 28th I turned 40! WOW! It seems like yesterday I was in high school or living it up at University at the age of 17.

I don’t normally do a lot on my birthday. My close friends all live in different cities and we are kept pretty busy with family life. Claire & Rhys really enjoy celebrating with us so I decided to have a stay-cation in a swanky local hotel. Jimmy made all the arrangements while I just enjoyed everything 🙂

Two of my girlfriends had flowers sent to me which was an amazing way to start my birthday celebrations- thanks Faye & Anna! Jimmy and the kids bought me some gorgeous new artwork that I had been coveting for quite sometime by a local artist- Michelle Heslop. We stayed at the Ocean Pointe Hotel with a room that had an amazing view of the inner harbour. We ate, we swam and we had loads of fun. Jimmy even brought along some of my favorite ice cream- tiger! The next day we met my parents at Spinnakers for brunch which was wonderful and to end…we had delicious allergy friendly cake from my favorite bakery- Patisserie Danielle.

If this is 40 then I am totally okay 🙂

 

Rhys’s 8th Birthday Party!

One of Rhys’s favorite activities is dodgeball! There isn’t a lot of dodgeball activities for kids his age so we got creative and found PISE (Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence) hosted birthday parties that were active and fun!

It was a quiet at their facility on the weekend which was perfect for the party. The kids ran around and had a lot of fun, the team leaders were excellent, we had yummy food and most importantly we celebrated our awesome clever son turning 8!

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Claire’s 8th birthday party!

Claire decided to have a sewing birthday party. Last year I signed up for some private sewing lessons for Claire & I to learn to make doll clothes for her American Dolls.

The Makehouse is a super fun store that hosts kids camps. It was a great place to have Claire’s party at. She invited a bunch of her girlfriends, we had yummy food, a lot of sewing time making forest animals. It was a great celebration for our smart and loving daughter turning 8!

 

 

 

Claire & Rhys turn 8!

The passing of time really does seem to speed up when you have children. Their growth and development is amazing and so fast. To all those people that told us to enjoy every moment as they grow so quickly…you were right!

Claire and Rhys turned 8 on December 17th! This year they wanted to have separate birthday parties. They have always had shared birthdays so this year we were game to try it out — future blog post 🙂

To start we had a little family birthday morning…complete with new pajama onesies, some toys and elf on the shelf greeting the kids. It is our tradition to have a nice breakfast and gifts on the table when the kids wake up. It is hard having your birthday among Christmas activities and decorations. We try to make it extra special for Claire & Rhys.

 

Before 6am wake-up…kids excited and we are tired!

Jimmy’s 41st Birthday!

Jimmy turned 41 on November 19th! To celebrate the best Dad and husband we could ever ask for we had a few fun events planned out.

We started off celebrating Jimmy with a small morning soiree at home including gifts (fuzzy slippers, new book, star wars pajama pants!) with the kids followed by breakfast at Whitespot 🙂 Jimmy & I also had a date night to celebrate. We headed out to Hermann’s Jazz Club and met up with friends from Portland! We ended the festivities with Jimmy’s favorite ice cream cake- yum. Happy Birthday Jimmy!

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Song!