Halfie Birthday

It is Bennett family tradition to have a "halfie" birthday for all babies at 6 months of age. They get a few small gifts and try their first piece of cake. The cake is usually just played with and maybe a bit of cool whip gets past the fingers and into the mouth.

Harper really enjoyed her halfie birthday a few weeks ago.

She was lucky enough to share her halfie birthday with her Aunt Michelle's birthday.

Such cute birthday girls!

 

Grandma Bennett - what was all that about anyway? I like your shirt.

Jasper with his movie theater 3D glasses.  He is super cool.

Harper is big and happy at 6 months old. She sits up on her own very well. She is sleeping through the night (after a couple of hiccups from coughs and colds). She coos and smiles! She has 4 teeth - two fangs on top and two smack in the middle on the bottom. She is a mama's girl, and if I'm in the room, she really wants me and no one else. She loves to roll over, and is trying hard to figure out the crawling thing. She loves to chew on toys, and watch her brothers.

Happy Halfie Harper!

Jasper turns 13!

That's right folks! He's officially a TEENAGER, although he thinks he;s been one for years now. :)

At 13, Jas loves:

Lebron James
Football
Basketball
School
His mp3 player
His Xbox
His brother and sister
His Friends
Sundays with family, at home or at relatives' homes
Food

I officially love this teenager, every ounce of him.  I don't know who I'd be without him. I am one blessed mama!

Jackson turns 3!

We had Jackson's first birthday party ever, the Saturday before his birthday this year.  We took advantage of him having a birthday so close to Halloween, and gave his friends one more chance to dress
up in their costumes.

The pictures pretty much speak for themselves!

At 3, Jackson loves:

Bubble Guppies

Jasper

Harper

All his Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, and cousins

All his friends

Church

Light the Queen (or Lightning McQueen)

Spiderman

Puzzles

Drawing and coloring

Hot dogs, nuggets, fries, and apples

Going for a walk

Going to the store

Wrestling

Dancing

I sure love this boy. He is a joy. I'm so happy he's my sweetheart!

It was a great party! We'll do it again- in a couple of years. :)

Happy Birthday/Book Sale

My mom had a birthday on Saturday.

To celebrate her birthday we went to the downtown SLC library, where they were hosting a used book sale.

$0.50 for paperback and $1.00 for hardback - can't go wrong there!

I think we'll make this a tradition.

Afterwards Heather treated us all to breakfast at The Park cafe, near Liberty Park in SLC.

It was a successful (and tasty) birthday outing!

Happy Birthday Mama!

Jasper turned 12!

Jasper turned 12! He is lucky enough to have a birthday the day after Halloween, which means he gets lots of parties.

Party with Bennets+ Halloween party with all his friends + Party with the McKinnons = lots of presents and fun!

His best present was the present he gave to himself. He saved up $200 and bought his own Xbox. He earned the money mowing the neighbors lawn and pulling his weeds, as well as working on his Aunt Heather's yard. It was hard earned money.

At both bday parties with the Bennetts and McKinnons, we had a "make yourself into a mummy with toilet paper contest." It was fun and we still have lots of loose toilet paper around the house.

And yes, that is "Watcher in the Woods" on the TV in the background. No, it isn't scary at all.

Happy Birthday Jasper! I can't believe you are 12. We love you!

Jackson Turned Two!

Jackson turned two!


His birthday started out with a football game (Jasper below #76)

At the football game Jackson was spoiled with treats.

Once home, he was spoiled with presents!

And Elmo cupcakes.

Then off to Grandma Bennett's house where he was spoiled with more presents!

Including a viewfinder (he hasn't quite figured it out yet)

And was spoiled with even more cupcakes (worm cupcakes this time)!

Its great to turn two and even more great to be spoiled.

We love you Jackson!

Jasper turns 11!

Jasper turned 11 on Sunday. I just can't believe it - he is 11! When he came to live with us he was 9, and 11 just is so much bigger, and older. He had two birthday celebrations, one on Saturday (Halloween) after his last football game of the season. The McKinnon side celebrated with cake, presents and spankings.

Then Jasper got to have a sleepover at his Grandma Bennett's house where he trick or treated with friends, and on his birthday we celebrated with cake, presents and spankings. And as a very special treat his mom was there for most of the festivities. We all had such a fun time!

Sadly pictures were taken by my mom - so I'll post them when I get them.

Can you believe he is already 11?

Happy Birthday Jasper!!

Birthday Cake

For Jackson's birthday I made my first attempt at making a character birthday cake.

Take a look at this beauty:

In case you can't guess, its supposed to be Elmo from Sesame Street.

I forgot to buy black icing for the mouth, so we used chocolate chips. Honestly it was a little harder than I thought it was gonna be, so I just gave up. Jackson wasn't going to know the difference anyway.

Looks like he still enjoyed himself!

My One Year Old

Jackson turns one today! We had a birthday party for him last Sunday at Grandma Bennett's home. He wasn't quite sure what to do with the cake, but he seemed to have a good time.

We have another party planned for the McKinnon side soon - once my mom is done with the flu.

This year has just flown by. 1 year ago today, I was induced after being a week overdue, and he was born after hours of labor, weighing in at 9 lbs 14 oz. Two doctors had to yank, push, pull and forcep him out of me to avoid a c-section. It worked! Hopefully all my babies will not be so HUGE.

I sure love him.

4 months old in his little jumping swing

What else have we been up to in the last little while?

I tried cutting Jasper's hair - me who has never cut anyone's hair except my sister Becky's when I was 12 or so, and it ended up in disaster. David said to just use the clippers. Well I just used the clippers, and it was quite a sight. Jasper put on a brave face and went to school anyway - oh, and did I mention it was picture day? Ha, yep. So the next day I had the great idea to cut it again. I always wondered how hard it would be to cut a mohawk. It is hard - if you want it to look good and if you are cutting Jasper's hair.

So, it looked awful, but he loved it. I ended up buzzing it all off, David buzzed it off that is. And while he was at it he decided he wanted to buzz Jackson's hair too, since he needed a trim. It is coming back now, and he's just a cutie pie. I had a post envisioned with all three (David buzzed off his hair too) of my boys and their bald heads, but it never happened because my camera isn't working and yada yada blah blah.

Jasper's football team has had enough losses that they won't be in the playoffs/finals. I'm sad for Jas, but happy because that means football will be over much sooner, and Jasper will be home much more.

David is now working 4 10 hour days, which means he gets to stay home with Jackson one day while I work. He is really enjoying it.

Jackson watching The Wizard of Oz