She's a little trepidatious..
But somehow manages to overcome her natural daintiness and really enjoy everything there is to enjoy. It makes me wish we still got to do this, then birthdays would mean something again.
This is Noah's cake. I've mentioned several times how much he loves football, so he got his very own field, complete with goalposts made to Louie Sakodas specifications. You will notice in the bottom corner that mom took a few liberties that were not previously approved by the birthday cake steering committee.
What power ranger can resist. We can't believe he is seven.
This was Noah's present. There are a few family members (aunties and grandpappy) that should be in this photo. Lucky the Utes won in overtime or my boys would have been banned for life because of their bad luck. We found out that, while Noah hangs on every play, Boyd is very content eating fruit by the foot for three hours.
And now we get to the crown jewels. Melody does a magnificent job every year with these, and as a bonus, she gets to visit DI every other day to raid for potential costume accessories. See if you can guess this years theme...
Got it yet?
Getting warmer.
A poker playing family?
This ended up awesome. Melody wanted me to point out that the crown eventually shrunk a few inches. She colored the black stripes underneath with magic marker and we all were high for the next several days. Notice her devoted subjects groveling at her feet.
Ada calls this the "Madder Hat"
Just in case you are still in the dark...
So we love October, but we also love when it is over.
