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 BIRTHDAY BONANZA! Jack turns 7 and Laura turns 9!

There's the expression "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb." I know it refers to weather but it applies to my life. Both Jack and Laura have birthdays the first week of March so I'm always busy this time of year planning their parties. Although this year was much more low key because of Covid. 

Jack is really enjoying hockey and loves the Rangers so coming up with his theme was pretty easy. We had a small party with about 10 children at the local ice arena. We had the rink to ourselves and it was a blast. Brian even bought pads so he could play goalie. The only disappointment was the cake. Jack REALLY wanted chocolate cake and was very specific. I ordered the cake from Stop & Shop and when we cut into we realized they had made a vanilla cake. Jack was bummed but didn't make a big deal in front of his peeps and I made it up to him the next day with an Entemann's chocolate cake. 


Last year Laura was watching the LaBrant family on YouTube and the little girl had a birthday sleepover with these tents. She immediately said that was what she wanted for her next birthday and I couldn't blame her - it was adorable! I wish they had something like that when I was younger. Through Facebook I found out that a friend from high school had a company called Tee Pee Dreamz that does these types of parties. Laura is a phase where she "hates pink" and wanted a soccer theme with the color green. It came out great! Laura doesn't like cake so we ordered donuts from Dunkin Donuts in the number 9 shape. They kinda looked like the lowercase letter "g" but were still cute. The day of the sleepover Laura wanted to get her hair blown out and curled. It kills me that she wants to curl her hair and all my life I wanted straight her. You always want what you can't have! 

It was fun celebrating Jack and Laura and I hope they will always remember these birthdays. I can't believe my babies are 7 and 9! Please time slow down.






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