Let the Birthdays Begin!

The birthday season has begun in the Bryant house!  Luke turned 6 August 19th and we celebrated big in Texas.  Lilly is our 9-9-9 girl so she was our first Dubai birthday of the season.  Her sisters are soon to follow first of October!  August, September, October....BIRTHDAYS, BIRTHDAYS, BIRTHDAYS!!! (Flashback pics below to Luke's Birthday celebrations!)

LUKE'S 6TH BIRTHDAY WITH TEXAS PALS!

SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I BUY A CAKE?
WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A LIGHT
SABER LOOKS LIKE A BLOODY KNIFE!

FAMILY PARTY AT THE BEACH HOUSE!

FAMILY PARTY AT THE BEACH HOUSE!

So it all starts with the CAKE!!!  I love to make my kids cakes!  I am NO professional.....I just find it fun..like an edible craft.  And you know I love a good craft.  I learned from my mistakes last year!  No store bought icing!  It may say Betty Crocker but I won't let that fool me! What is produced in the Middle East is NOT the same as what is produced in the USA!!  Remember Lilly's cake last year?  The icing slid off the cake like slime....(flashback photo below)

NOTICE THE ICING SLIDING OFF THE CAKE!

So this time I made the icing homemade.  That part was easy!  The getting it to be red was NOT!!!  It went from pink, to orange to purple!  AHHHHHHH!  I had almost decided Elmo was going to be pink or going in the trash. However, after a 10pm trip to Spinney's I found some red coloring and watched with relief as the icing VERY SLOWLY turned red.  Elmo turned out pretty cute especially considering I almost threw him away!  Must give credit to Deric who helped with the eyes and the orange icing!

I THINK HE IS MY BEST ONE YET!

Lilly LOVES Elmo and she loved her Elmo cake and Elmo balloon.  She kept walking around saying"BIRT-DAY!"and "ELMO CAAAAAAKE!".  In fact now a week later you
sometimes hear her babbling about the "ELMO CAAAAAAAAAKE!".

Here are some of the my favorites shots from the day Lilly turned TWO!  We had a great day celebrating with neighbors and friends! (not the greatest pictures..my camera is acting up!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST! 

PRESENTS!!!!

WE HAD A LITTLE GATHERING WITH FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS

ONCE AGAIN PERPLEXED BY THE CANDLE.
SHE BLEW IT OUT WITH THE TINIEST, CUTEST LITTLE PFFFF

SHE HAS THE PRESENT THING DOWN!!!

FLASHBACK! PRESENTS LAST YEAR!

THIS IS LILLY WITH HER IRISH PAL HEIDI FROM NEXT DOOR!
 HEIDI AND LILLY ARE BOTH THE 4TH BORN!

CLAY, FACE PAINTING AND LITTLE GIRLS!

WHAT?  BED?  I STILL WANT TO PARTY!

So our sweet baby of the family is 2!  I guess this is the part where I will be obnoxious and say that Lilly really is the cutest, funniest, sharpest little person I know!  She is constantly amusing us with just about everything she does and says.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET LILLIAN!  WE ADORE YOU!
CHEERS FROM DUBAI!