Universal Studios Bound!

The day arrived... we had to be at the airport by 6:45 a.m..  Our flight left at 8:35 a.m. My kids were excited as ever.  The last time they flew on an airplane was when we took a 10 day trip to all of the Disney Parks.  You can visit that trip by using our search box, on the homepage of our blog! Lilah and Jax had their birthday shirts on and they were already receiving all kinds of attention from the airport employees and attendees.  

Officially A Teenager ~ Birthday Cake!

The official theme for Tyson's party was paintball, but there was also a hint/twist of the game FortNite.  I had several cake ideas in mind.  I had (2) paintball cakes and (3) FortNite cakes that I was really contemplating. However, this was a milestone birthday and a big deal to BOTH of us, so I wanted something at his party to scream "Officially A Teenager!". I decided that that "something" to be his cake.  Recently, I discovered a new bakery in town. It's located in Downtown Roanoke.  The name of the bakery is called Freshly Baked Bakery. I was thankful to have the opportunity to work with them during the month of May. They were SWAMPED with graduation and wedding cakes.  

I described to the owner, Sarah, exactly what I wanted and even shared a photo of both Ty and his bedroom, along with all of his hobbies and loves: Playstation, Basketball, Virginia Tech, attends Glenvar Middle School, Golden State Warriors, Steeler's, iPhone, Sleeping In! 

Basketball

Steeler's Football

Dirty Socks

#13

Iphone!

Snacks!

Headphones!

Glenvar Middle School!

To hear a little bit more about this cake, watch the video below.  There is ALSO a backstory to why I decided on a cake like this one.

TY and his friends loved it.  I had a hard time capturing photos and videos while the boys' sang.  So... the video below is all I have documented.  BOOOO!

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Thank you Freshly Baked Bakery for sharing your talent and for making people's events extra memorable!!!

Lilah And Jax Are Officially 8!

The FRIDAY, before the twins' birthday, I got up at 4:00 a.m. like normal and didn't go to bed until 4:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Eeeekkkk! I still cannot believe my body handled it as well as it did.  What kept me up? WELL... DETAILS and BIRTHDAY SURPRISES.  Darren and I decided to revamp BOTH of the twins' rooms, for their birthdays, so I had to wait for them to go to bed before I could get to work.  Darren went to bed, sigh, and I stayed up.  By the time I looked at the clock, it was 4:00 a.m.  I went to bed on Lilah's window seat and set my alarm for 6:00 a.m. to set up for their birthday breakfast.  

These sweet kids were so excited to wake up and see what was in store for them.  It was the sweetest thing ever when Lilah said, "Happy Birthday Jax!" That melted my heart because it can very easily be the case that they forget it's each other's birthday through all of the excitement.  

I had to get up at 6:00 a.m. to finish some small decorating details and then prepare their birthday breakfast.  I bought a roll of banner paper at Wal-mart and made them a sign.  It read,

TODAY

We Have

LOVED

You

For

8 Years

96 Months

416 Weeks

2,920 Days

4,204,800 Minutes

252, 455, 616 Seconds 

AND Counting....

Jax's response was, "That's not true!"  Haha.  I don't think he could fathom life being that LONG!

AND THIS IS WHY I LOVE having a little girl.  EVERY DETAIL is special to her.

Ready for the next surprise... #breakfasttime.

I made the twins a donut cake for breakfast: Krispy Kreme donuts AND sprinkled donut holes from Wal-mart.  

I also made waffle cone bowl of fresh fruit! So colorful and tasty.  Even daddy ate a bowl of it.

And bacon!

I just love how cute BOTH of these items turned out . I cut ONE strawberry in the shape of a heart for that extra touch.

 It's hard to believe they are 8.

We made sure to remind the twins that their new bedrooms were their birthday gifts from US, but we DID buy them a bag full of clothing, shoes, and a new basketball.  

Lilah's ball is a glow in the dark basketball aka "Night Ball".  

It was a fabulous morning!!!! I spent the rest of the morning organizing their rooms even MORE than I already had.  I cannot believe I was EXHAUSTED AT ALL! Stay tuned soon for a post on how we revamped their bedrooms.  I LOVE THEM!