Birch Aquarium with the kids

So we had planned for a long time to go on an outing, during the kids' therapy, to Birch Aquarium.  Must be why it was on my mind when Kevin and I went on our date.  Anyway, we took the kids, and we definitely needed all three of us (our tutors, Sara, Whitney and me), to keep a handle on everything, but it was a lot of fun.  I ended up buying a membership, so I'm sure we will be back a lot!

Kevin's 35th Birthday

So, Kevin's not that excited he's turning 35 today.  I think he's at a good age though, and handsome as ever.  ;)  For Kevin's birthday I redid his dresser.  It was a pretty old and tired brown dresser when I started.  I had previously redone the drawers on my dresser with mod podge and magazine scraps to give them a mosaic look.

So, Kevin asked me to do the same with his, but to give it more of a camo feel.  I was pretty happy with how it turned out.  I also spray painted it a darker color.

I wanted Kevin to have a good birthday, so I looked on pinterest and got some ideas for a party, and while he was at work I prepared for it...although in the middle of it all, I got a call from the school telling me Caiti was acting like she was in pain.  They thought she might have an earache.  :(  So I went and picked her up, and she was my helper the rest of the day.  We get to go (yet again) to the doctor tomorrow morning.  Our favorite!
Anyway, I'm so excited by what I put together for Kevin's party.  It was mostly inspired by Pinterest...of course.

 I made my own little game of "Angry Birds" using pom poms for the birds and pigs and decorating them with googly eyes.  I tied hair ties to sticks for the sling shots...and I thought those foam rocket shooter things would be fun too...  :)

Kevin's not big on cake, so I made him his mommy's famous Minty Oreo Delight (crushed oreos on the bottom and then a mixture of cool whip and mint chocolate chip ice cream on the top).  I tried to make the cakes look like the angry birds pigs...but sort of failed.  It's the thought that matters, right?

 When I went to Wal-Mart they had the Angry Birds fruit snacks right in the front.  I was excited they were on the same page as me.  I also found a great idea on a crafting site for the Angry Birds bagel with salami, cheese, eggs and olives.  :)

There was a free template for Angry Birds baloons...but I couldn't find baloons.  So instead I copied the template and made a Birthday banner.  You can't really tell, but the little white squares between the triangles spell "Happy Birthday."  It made me VERY happy when Kevin posed next to it and did his "Angry Birds" face.  :)  So cute.  Just might be one of my favorite pics ever.  :)

Dinner was a hit with everyone.  :)

I told Kevin to pretend to blow out some candles when we got out the ice cream cake.  I love my honey.  :)

 We "played" my homemade angry birds game for about two seconds...it didn't work so well.  I guess we can just call it a cute decoration.  Ha ha.  It was so nice to have Michelle came over and help out with the kids.  It was a fun day.