Happy Birthday, Craig!

On April 5th we celebrated Craig's 29th Birthday! It was a great day that ended with delicious pink cake :) I let Sam pick out the kind of cake we were going to make for Daddy's birthday - he chose white cake with pink frosting, hahaha! I tried to encourage chocolate or vanilla frosting but he was VERY insistant on the pink so I gave in :) I had to post this picture of the birthday boy and his very masculine cake!

Happy Birthday, Craig...we love you!

2010 Easter Egg Hunt

Sam got so excited to find 2 eggs at once he fell over!

Quick break to say hello to his shadow - his new favorite game!

Quickly snapped this shot as Sam was running off to the next spot to look for more eggs.

Inspecting the loot :)

Not giving up until all eggs are found!

On Easter Sunday we had an Easter Egg hunt for all of the children staying at The Yawkey Family Inn. Since we live here (and I organized it) Sam participated too - and he loved every minute of it! He opened each egg to sneek a peek at what was inside before putting them into his Easter bag...very curious :) It was a gorgeous morning for an egg hunt and all of the kids had a great time!

Preparing for the Easter Bunny!

(I know, I know...I'm a little behind on my blogs! But I feel like with all of the March/April birthdays and then Easter I have an excuse, right?)

A sneek peek of the final product!

Setting up and getting started...Sam could hardly contain himself!

Busy boy!

Sam loved this activity - so much different from coloring eggs last year! He insisted on doing everything all by himself...and he did a great job :)

Chuck E. Cheese!

We had Sam's family birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese a few days after he turned 2. He had a blast!! Here are some pictures of Sam's day...

Aunt Doreen, Hannah, & Murphy :)

Playing a game with Grandma Jane.

Taking a ride with the rat...

Sam's CARS birthday cake...Tow Mater was on there too but he insisted on holding him.

Getting ready to blow out the candles...

Family picture :)

Aunt Doreen, Sam, & Oma.

mmm, cake!

Hello 2!

Happy Birthday to our little Sam! He turned 2 years old on March 26th. We had a great day with Sam, despite the rainy weather!

While Daddy was at work, Grandma Jane and I took Sam to his favorite toy store and then out for birthday lunch at the Cheesecake Factory.

Staring out with bread and butter and then onto grilled cheese and french fries, yum!

Sam's favorite food is pizza so he helped Grandma Jane make homemade pizza dough - he loved helping AND making a mess!

So happy to be with our little boy on his special day!

Vroom, vroom! A quilt of the U.S. from Grandma Jane and cars - he can drive all over the country now!

A Dr. Seuss book from Grandpa Bruce!

A new Tee Ball set :)

Sam's 1st bike! We are all set for Spring :)

mmm, birthday cake!

Making his wish? Or thinking about playing with fire?

Enjoying every minute of this :) The perfect way to end a birthday!

SURPRISE!

Last week my Aunt Doreen and I threw my mom a surprise 50th birthday party! It was a really fun party and the best part was that my mom was REALLY surprised! The look on her face was priceless and I will always remember it! Here are just a few pictures from the party...

These are a few I snapped while setting up...we had the party in Duxbury, MA at our friend Cheryl's clubhouse.

The cake (below) is my mom's favorite - almond flavored cake with buttercream frosting, delicious! I HIGHLY recommend it :)

SURPRISE!

Chatting, eating, and opening presents...

My wonderful mother-in-law, Jane (below), was in town and was able to come to the party too! It was so nice that she was able to celebrate with us :)

My mom celebrated her 50th with wonderful friends, great wine, yummy food, and fabulous presents! I had so much fun putting together such a memorable night for my mommyloo :)