Birthday Festivities

With Bill and Tate's birthdays just a day apart, we have had a whole lotta happy going on.

For Billy's birthday there really can be only one destination: Red Robin. We discovered Red Robin in 1994 and have been hooked on the Lone Star Burger (not even on the menu anymore) ever since. My man loves him some cheeseburgers. And endless fries. Dipped in a vat of mayo. Given his propensity for the condiment, I am a little surprised he never pulled that name out for one of our children, Mayo Naise Kollar. Has a ring to it, doesn't it?

Another thing you should know about Bill is that he is really a ladies man...

But only with the ladies who share his last name: his mom, his wife, and his daughters. We are all crazy about you, babe. And with good reason. This is the adoring way his Luci May looks at her Daddy...
Yay for Daddy...

(and yay that it's not Mommy's turn to be 44 for a few years)

When we arrived at Red Robin, it was raining. But when we left it was doing this...
Our first snow. Though it hardly counts since it was gone by morning.

Next up: Tate's big number 13. Knowing it was going to be a bittersweet day, I had several conversations with Tate about how he wanted to spend his birthday. He didn't want a big party with friends instead he wanted to have as many cousins here as possible. He didn't want all the attention focused on him. He just wanted to be together and have fun. And he wanted little reminders of Gunga and the special birthday bond they shared. I think all were accomplished in a fun, low key day spent not with Gunga, but with the family Gunga built...

I went to buy 13 balloons to decorate with. She had me pick out my own balloons and somehow I only ended up with 10. I knew I was bad at math, but I kinda thought I had mastered the whole counting thing. It's always gotta be something with me.

I had a bunch of activities planned for "Tater Tot's Challenge", but the kids were having so much doing crazy games on the tramp that I scrapped them all, save one...

Chubby Bunny. Jack rocked it.

He didn't mention it specifically, but it went without saying that he would want massive amounts of chocolate involved...

(notice lulu's eye on the cake not the camera)

The brownie overload custard cake, though delicious, led to a very entertaining brain freeze episode...

Tate and Lulu share a special moment. It's hard to say which one is more crazy about the other...
We all love celebrating our birthday boys!

And just when you thought the celebrating was over, we are only gearing up for more. I have to get ready for Emmie's party this weekend. How she talked me into a sleepover for 10 girls beginning at 5pm, I will never know. I just hope I live to blog about it.