Grandma's Birthday!

At the beginning of April we traveled to Illinois to help Grandma Anderson celebrate her 70th birthday. We had an open house at the church. A lot of people came. The boys had fun. Timmy loved the balloons. Here is Grandma with her cake.
A better view of the cake. Each rose represented the birthstone of each of Grandma's four daughters, her two sons-in-law, and her two grandsons.

Benny's Birthday Party

This year Benny had a Thomas the Tank Engine party (no surprise there). I took it upon myself to make his birthday cake. I am amazed at how it turned out. It only took about 3 hours to decorate. The best part is that Benny really liked it.

Yes! It is a solid cake. I had to get a special cake pan in order to do it. Here's hoping Timmy likes Thomas too.

Here's the birthday boy! Aunt Jill, you might notice that he is wearing the shirt you got for him. It is a little big, but he didn't care.

Way to blow the candle out!

I had also made cupcakes in case the cake was not big enough. Benny had a cupcake. Do you think he liked it?
All in all, I think he had a great time at his party. He had a lot of friends to play with. Next year, I think I will only invite 4 of his close friends to keep it less hectic. At least the parties are kind of spaced out for us. Timmy is in February, Brad is in March, Benny is in July and I am in November. Then, we have fun at Christmas and it starts all over again.