Birthday pictures

Here are the long awaited birthday pictures.  I hope you enjoy!

For some reason, Ben wanted a snowman cake this year.  I figured it was easy enough that even I could figure it out.  The hat didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but I think the rest is pretty OK.

Here is Ben trying out one of his birthday gifts.  Doesn't he look like a scientist? Er, maybe a mad scientist.

This was Ben's "big" gift this year. It is a bug vacuum and habitat.  He got a little bug jar from participating in our library's reading program this year that he carried around with him ALL the time.  I accidentally stepped on it and broke it one night while he was sleeping, so I thought it was paramount to replace it with something.  He still hasn't asked what happened to  the jar, phew!

This is the only picture of me on my birthday as the camera ran out of batteries shortly thereafter. Adam is so lovingly making me look good. He is a nine year old after all.



This is the cake that Greg decorated for Jacob. Isn't it fun?

Here Jake is trying to blow out his candle. Isn't he cute? It seems he almost always has a cracker in his hand, and if you say do you want a cracker, he walks immediately to the pantry. He understands so much now!

He didn't really dig into his cake. I think he wasn't very hungry. There was really no need to dress him down to his diaper, he didn't end up getting all that messy.

Thus endeth the birthday pictures!