Warm greetings sweet friends! The month of February is turning out to be one of the busiest months for me. Just as I recover from the hectic holidays, I get a small breather just before I have to start planning both my childrens birthdays in the month of February. First Grant's… than mine…than Miss Vivian's. All are back to back! Which makes it for a month long celebration and a hurting on my husbands wallet as he likes to tell it! hee! hee!
For Grant's 4th birthday this year we opted to take him for a long weekend to Disney instead of a traditional birthday party. Before we left for our trip his preschool had a little "Celebration of Life" in his honor. All the children gather and sit in a circle. Grant than holds a small globe and walks all around the circle and each circle represents a year of his life.
A candle is than lit for him to blow out.
Afterwards, cookies for everyone!
This is a super sweet photo of Grant and his best friend Conner.
Of course we had cake made for him. His new current love is Hot Wheels so I had a hot rod ice cream cake made for him. So long Thomas the train…we are into HOTRODS!!!
After a little "home" celebration we are OFF to Disney! First day Magic Kingdom!!!
Here we are Me, Chip-n-Dale, my step-son Jordan, and Grant
Big hugs!!!!!
My little "toon" in front of Toon Town!
Grant's big "photo op" with Micky and Minnie.
Mommy and son waiting in line.
The next day we went to Animal Kingdom theme park. My wonderful Step Mom Ellen who lives in Flordia met us at the theme park to spend the day with us. What a special treat!!!!
Im NOT going to bore you with tons of animal photos, but I just had to share these few. My camera takes amazing "zoom in" shots.
Mamma and her baby.
How cute is he???
We had a fantastic time celebrating Grant's birthday weekend at Disney. Next up……my birthday! My birthday was a little less eventful. hee! hee! A nice dinner with my family and friends.
My girlfriends Kim, Nicole, Suzanne (Italian Girl in Georgia),Me, and my sweet Mom Blythe.
Yummy chocolate cake with strawberry's!
As a little treat to myself I purchased this FAB Betsey Johnson necklace. She is truly one of my favorite designers!
I also couldn't resist this sparkly vintage necklace I found in a little antique mall. So elegant and beautiful.
Finally this past weekend we celebrated Miss Vivian's 2nd year birthday. She's all "dolled up" ready to celebrate!
Here she is holding her cake topper I made especially for her.
Mommy and the birthday girl.
Here is the darling cake topper I made.
Little Miss Vivi
This is the cupcake cake we had made. It turned out so pretty!
For Miss Vivian this year we decided to have the Tumblebus come and entertain all the children. The Tumblebus is a fun gymnasium inside the bus where the children bounce, tumble, dance, and play!
Yipee!!!!
Outdoor fun!
Here's the birthday girl getting ready to blow out the candles. Of course guess what happens??? My battery goes dead AND my memory card is full. :(
Im so bummed I have no pictures of her blowing out the candle. Im lucky that one of the other Mom's took tons of photos to share with me. WHEW!
It's been a busy but SUPER FUN month of birthday celebrations!!!! Thanks for stopping by and paying us a visit!
Have a fantastic week!!! XOXO
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Happy Birthday to you all! It looks like some amazing birthday fun was had! Your children are tooooo adorable…I loved the photos of Grant at school~precious! And Vivian looks like she had a blast on the Tumblebus…I think I saw that on Jon and Kate Plus 8 once. I love all of the creative birthday ideas! {filing in my brain for when I have kids ;)}
That was a fun post to read on a Monday workday…imagining birthday cake along with my lunch…yum!
Hi Jenn!
My gosh, these pictures put a huge smile on my face!!! You have such a beautiful family and it warms my heart to see you all so happy! You are GORGEOUS Jenn!!! I love your hair 🙂 That necklace is to die for!! I LOVE Betsy Johnson 🙂 Grant is looking so grown up! I love what the school does, so special! And what a wonderful trip to Disney, what more could a sweetie want? And dont even get me started on Vivi!! I could just kiss those cheeks all day, lol! I have never seen a cupcake cake, I love it! I am so glad you all had special days! Happy Birthday to you all!
Hugs,
Amy
awww!!! what fun bdays!! sooo coll that they are all together like that!! 🙂 looks like you had a blast at Disney and the tumble bus is the cutest idea!! I adore your jewelry you got!! Especially the Betsy necklace!! She is a favorite of mine too!! I hope you have a great day sweets! Britt
Congrats to all of you! What fun parties. I love that cupcake topper, too cute, though the little lady herself is even cuter!
Love the photos of Grant in Disney too! And your Betsy Johnson necklace is sooo beautiful!
What fantastic birthday celebrations you’ve all been having, Disneyland, Tumblebuses and cocktails!!
Victoria xx
Happy Belated Birthday Jenny! I’m so glad you all had a wonderful time celebrating each of your birthdays! I can’t wait til my kids are old enough to take to Disney World! I just love your necklace girl!
Hugs! Sandy
I love Betsey too! I had a chance of staying out in her rental home in Mexico; that was wonderful!
The celebration of life is such a great idea. More schools should embrace that.
Happy Birthday to you and your kiddos! I have never seen a birthday cupcake cake before. It looks fabulous and gorgeous colors too! The topper you made is so cute.
Wow, you really had a busy month. But so much fun and love! Your children are adorable. And I am now craving that strawberry cake you had, lol. Happy Birthday to all of you!
Kathy
Happy belated to birthdays to all 3 of you! Looks like you and your family are having so much fun. I love the cake topper with Vivian’s photo…so precious!
hugs,
Sherry
Jenn,
You have a beautiful family! Grant resembles his momma, what a cute little guy!
Vivi is cutie pie. I love her birthday outfit! The cake top you made is beautiful, and so is the cupcake cake. Happy Belated birthday to you! The Betsey necklace is an awesome birthday present. I love it! It has so many cute charms!
Thanks for posting such nice pictures!
Andrea
happy birthdays to everyone! looks like fun was had by all. love that cupcake cake. Ive never heard of one, but its a cute idea. oh and your necklace?? to die for! have a happy week!
hugs
vivian
hi jenn! happy belated birthday to you and your beautiful children! hope you had a great birthday month! ~lisa
o my gosh!!!
where to start!!!
all these fab birthday parties, disney, betsey, drinks, yummy. what a fab month you have had!!
love ya doll
oxoxo,
jessi
You look really pretty as usual!!! I love how much love you can tell you have for your kids in each foto! We have a lot in comman. My birthday is tomarrow (25) and I was adopted like Vivian was. She is super sweet and was so so CUTE in her little party hat and highchair!!! What a lucky little girl!!! Your necklace is fab !!! Happy late birthday and Grant is super cute at Preschool! What a fun way to celebrate at his preschool!!! Hope you have a wonderful week
xoxo
Hi Jennifer as usual your site is a ray of sunshine I love it. Love your decor please post more house pics they are really inspiring. Also you look so fab I painted my nails after my last visit this time its the eyebrows which are going to get a trim! Do you do yours yourself you look so well groomed – how about some style tips too.
Hope you had a wonderful birthday.
What Fun…..I just posted about a B-day too…my step daughters SWEET 16. I made her a necklace but I will share that next time.
My son turns 18 next month….think I might cry!
As always…..you,your family and your home is sooo Gorgeous!
wow, you have been busy making memories! I love seeing all of these pictures of your adorable children, Jenn!
And I love the necklace and the cake topper too!!!
xo
Oh Jen we are birthday buddies (what date are you?)! i turned the big 4-0 on the 17th… not sure how i got this old, i was only 27 a day or so ago! we were in Maui for 8 days & i wish i could spend EVERY birthday there!!
Loved the pictures & the topper… YUMM!
another year older, another year BETTER!
~misschell (your Michigan pal)
http://chinamommy04.blogspot.com/
Oh my gosh, sweet Jenn, I can’t BELIEVE I missed your birthday! I’m a Febbie girl also, February the 5th to be exact! It makes me quite squealy to learn that we share a birthday month, it does! I must pop something in the post to mark the most magical occasion there ever could be – the anniversary of your birth! Gaahhh! I am sending you great big belated birthday hugs in the mean time, honey! So thankful for yet another doozy of a blog post crammed to the brim with beautiful pictures & info! So much to look at as always, it’s sensory overload for the eyes! Little Vivi’s cake topper is to die for, (it’s almost as big as she is, oh my!!!) your Betsey necklace is making me salivate, I am so moved by the gorgeous celebration they threw for Grant’s birthday at his school & just adore the pic of him with Mickey & Minnie especially. Such happy, exquisite children you have, my love! I must also make naughty mention of how delish you look in your pretty pink birthday blouse! My gosh, I’m being WAY too fresh here but heavens, your bosom looks even yummier than that cake! I am oozing with love for you, Jenn, just as much as ever! I miss you so whole heartedly and simply ache to be in touch more than I am. Sitting flat on my butt right now in a complete daze from all the cute I see above! You knock me dead, Miss Jenn, I love you so!
Jenn, Happy Belated Birthday to all of you. What beautiful celebrations you all had. We also have 3 February birthdays, hubby, oldest son and daughter. Everything you make or buy is always so beautiful and I enjoy coming in for a visit when I can. Hugs, Pat
Ive read a little bit of your blog, and I have to say I just love it! I really like your photos and your layout too =D Best wishes, Marie
HELLO Jenn, a long distance stopping by from Singapore:) firstly wishing you happy belated Birthday and all your dreams may come true:D I deeply admire on your creative mind and you looked stunning among the rest of your friends in the pic! Such a beautiful woman! and btw Vivi & Grant such a prince and angel looking! I love both of them and i had 2 nephew and 1 niece too somehow they are staying in Hongkong and Malaysia. I stopping by just to say hi and i did add you in my bloglist hope you don’t mind.
Will love to visit whenever u post!
XOXO
Zoe
Hi Jenn! Wow! What a FUN month with all of those special birthdays to celebrate! Grant and Vivian are such adorable children. 🙂 I love visiting your delightful blog, and seeing all of the photos you share. It looks like Grant had a blast at Disney, and Vivian was the belle of the ball at her party. And your celebration out with the girls sounds perfect to me. I love your new necklaces too. I knew Betsey Johnson made clothes and shoes/handbags, but I didn’t know she had a jewelry line too! I’ve gotta check it out!
Jenn,
These photos are precious. What a blast! I think the celebration of life ceremony that your son’s class has on birthdays is so cool.
This is what September looks like for our family…lots of birthdays..so busy, but lots of fun.
I’m also a big Betsey fan.
Happy Belated Birthday!
Elizabeth
Hi Jenn
Happy Belated Birthday!! It looks like February is a very busy month for you! 🙂
I received my sweet red Valentine girl in the mail this week….she is so adorable! Can’t wait to hang her in my “red” reading room when it is finished!
Hope your month of March is less hectic!
Have a great week!
Rochelle
Hi Jenn,
Happy birthday to all of you! Y’all look like you had a wonderful time at Disney! That Tumble Bus looked like alot of fun too. I’ve neer seen that before. Your children look beautiful as always and so do you! Come visit sometimes.
Hugs,
Lee Laurie
Happy Happy Happy Birthday to you all. Thanks for sharing, it looks like you had fun. I am loving that cupcake cake…..what a wonderful idea.
Kiss Noises Linda
Wow what a huge month you guys have every February! The kiddies looked like they had the best time ever, and you my dear look lovely and happy on your day! Say hi to your mom and Suzanne! Oh and I do remember meeting Kim too, (I can’t remember if I met Nicole, lol, such a bad memory already??!)
xoxox
Jenn,
Where to begin!!! Oh little Grant and Vivi, Happy day to such beautiful little ones! LOVE the Betsy, where the heck did you find that piece????? So adorable! And so glad you had a great birthday out with the girls!! hugs to you and the little darlins! Lori
I stopped by to catch up and loved the photos and posts so much I wanted to leave some love. Although it’s all been said, I will still add my Happy belated Birthday to you and your beautiful children. I also love your blog and find the eye candy so uplifting. The clocks are gorgeous.