Another Birthday Celebration for Ben

Today my parents came down to visit and celebrate Ben's birthday. We met them at the State Museum and toured it for a while, did a little shopping, ate lunch in the Vista at 5 Guys and walked the grounds of the Robert Mills house. It was a fun afternoon! And, Ben was thrilled to get another celebration (this birthday has streteched for over a week now!)....he promptly took his $$ gifts to buy a Civil War set at the museum and a new Wii video game!

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It finally arrived!

Ben was estatic to find out that his birthday present arrived (only a week late!). Then, to his dismay he had to wait to open it because I was heading to Baubbles and Bubbles (I'll post about this later.) and Ron was volunteering at B&B.....we were definitely not going to let him open it until we were home!

Needless to say he was thrilled and it was well worth the wait!

Happy 41st......

Ron's birthday has not quite been the birthday one would want/expect. He had to work....ALL DAY (it is 9:00 and he just called that it will be really late when he leaves.) He has had a huge project going on and it was supposed to be two weekends ago, but got cancelled. It moved to last weekend, there was an equipment problem late last Saturday night. It got moved to this weekend....Ron's birthday.

I had made dinner reservations earlier in the week, when we thought this weekend might cancel, too. So, one of the other guys offered to stay behind at dinner time so Ron could keep his birthday dinner reservations with me. I got dressed and took his suit to him at his office, where he changed before we headed to eat.

It was a wonderful dinner! We went to the Capital City Club and enjoyed conversation, food and the beautiful view of the city. Ron had a steak, while I opted for the snapper with pico de gallo grits. (Now, I am not a big fan of grits....I know, there must be some Yankee blood in me somewhere.....but these were GREAT! Who would have thought -- pico de gallo and grits.)

He walked me back to my car before heading back to the office. At least it was on his birthday and not mine! Just kidding! It wasn't quite the birthday I wanted for him this year, but it turned out to be just fine....nothing better than getting all dressed up, good food and great city to enjoy! And, we have a key lime pie (his favorite) to enjoy tomorrow afternoon with the boys. As for his gift, we'll have to plan time to go get it soon ......I just couldn't decide on the right size seersucker pants to get you today, Ron :)

Ben's 9th Birthday

Ben started his birthday celebration being woken up to "Happy Birthday", of course! At school we brought cupcakes to share with his class at lunch and they sang it to him as well.

After school, we headed downtown to meet Ron for dinner at Mellow Mushroom. Every year since Ben was old enough to choose where to eat for his birthday, he has chosen Pizza Inn. Since there isn't a Pizza Inn in Columbia, he opted for MM......and it was GOOD!

Once we got back home, he played "Guitar Hero" with Clay for a while before eating cake, singing, again, and opening cards. Unfortunately, Ben's present didn't arrive (we ordered it last week) and it is a HUGE surpise so he's patiently waiting. The funniest thing was that Maggie was whining for cake. Clay turned his head for a second, she hopped in his lap and started eating his cake! It was so funny!! The girl loves birthday cake!

All in all, other than his gift not making it on time, I think Ben has had a pretty good celebration day. He's had calls from his grandparents and lots of birthday wishes! Keep watching for gift update....

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PAW-TY

We celebrated Maggie's birthday tonight after supper. In keeping with tradition, she got a doggie cupcake cake. And, she LOVED it! She had already opened her gift earlier in the afternoon --- a bacon flavored bone to chew on.

Maggie eye-balled the cake and licked her lips while we sang "happy birthday"

She wiped out her piece of cake and looked so cute!

Clay Finally Gets a Party!

Clay invited his four closest friends over last night for cake (well, cookie) and swimming to celebrate his 13th birthday/End of School/I'm moving to Columbia. They boys had a great time, while me, Ron, Kristie and Jenni had an even better time laughing and reminiscing! These for (Chris, Andrew, Clay and Levi) have been best buds for YEARS! Since kindergarten!

The four were joined by Clay's newest best bud, Ryan, before cake, well, cookie time.

Ben absolutely loves to swim.

Great look for you, Ryan!

Clay and Levi: These two might as well be brothers. Levi is like our other son!