Abbey's Birthday

For Abbey's birthday, we continued our birthday tradition to head to the  toy store.  They got it now.  Birthday means toy store!  We explained to Adam he could pick out one thing, and he had is mind made up before we got there and stuck with it, which is pretty amazing for a five year old.  He got a Skylander for his Wii.  Abbey didn't quite get that she could get more than one thing because she still remembered her rule from Adam's birthday but once she did, she got pretty excited.  It was late when we were done and she went to bed without having gotten into everything.  I snapped this picture of the counter, to show the post birthday craziness!  She still loves her presents from her party and what she picked out.
My Ipad case bought it that week.  I had one my Mom had bought me last year, but hadn't switched because I liked what I had.  Right away, I was like I need a new one exactly the same what I had, but this one has grown on me.  But I took a picture so I could throw it out.  Funny what we get attached to.  
Now I'm fine with it.

And then last week, I had to throw out Elsa from the cake.  A little hard.  I mean, all the work that goes into these cakes!! AND, sometimes it feels like if I blink, I'll miss my kids growing up.  It's a funny feeling....feeling like the hours can be so long when they are acting out but feeling like the weeks slip by.  It was another successful birthday and hopefully, my kids will look back and remember how much fun these milestones were and not remember how they were forgotten one year or how their Mom didn't get a gift a certain year.  
That's what I want for them.