Week of Celebrations!

 What a week it has been! It feels like almost everyday was a celebration for something. I will admit we strung mine and Jonas' birthdays out over a couple of days.  I took a closeup picture of my favorite flower out of the bouquet of roses that Nathaniel brought home for me earlier in the week as a pre-birthday present.  I love how the outer petals were pink and the inner petals orangey-peach!

 My birthday cake was a strawberry/peach angel food cake that was soooooo delicious and not fattening at all!  The boys let me sleep in until 7 for my birthday, which helped me wake up in a good mood. I loved the handwritten cards from my boys the best!  We had waffles with fresh strawberries for my birthday dinner.  When we asked Jonas what he wanted for his birthday dinner, he said he wanted one just like mom's but with sausage too!

 My first ever attempt at a shaped birthday cake! I thought it turned out well and the boys loved it!!  They did catch one mistake, I put too many candles on (8 instead of 6) but I wasn't even thinking about only putting the amount of Jonas' age on, I was thinking about the look of the cake.

 Jonas had a birthday party at the park on Saturday with some friends.  We had three friends show up, so add them to our four boys, and we had the perfect amount for a party!  The only activity besides cake and presents that I planned for them was making their own pirate flag, then they just played at the park for the rest of the time.

Jonas with his cake!

Saturday evening we went to a pig roast with Nathaniel's coworkers.  The boys loved the meat (even our picky Logan)! By the end of the day I had swollen feet and was having some semi-painful contractions, but they stopped once I got home and rested.  I don't have any pictures of Mother's Day, but the boys were all handsome and helpful.  We had Jonas' creamsicle bars for dessert (he asked for those for his birthday instead of ice cream, but I didn't take them to the park for fear they would melt) and his sausage/breakfast for dinner.  We relaxed and played outside with Jonas' presents all day (he got a bug catcher house which now holds a family of roly poly's, and a bucket with shovel, scoop, and rake).  Thank you to his grandparents for their presents and a special thank you to Great Grandma and Grandpa Peel for their cards and gifts to me and Jonas!!  This week is a week of partying for the boys at school.  They get to go to a movie, the zoo, have field day, and visit a farm in their last week of school!