The crazy side of a bunch of spring babies

I really loved having spring babies....but there are some down sides to having 4 children born between March 10 & April 19. Yep, our house has been birthday central for the past month. We still have some cake left over from the last birthday and I'm glad the kids are enjoying it because I'm done.

Here are some pics :
Alyssa was beyond excited to "help" frost the cake - and thrilled to be such a big number! 4 after all, is nearly grown up :) .

Lucas is 6
Kayla has decided that 8 pretty much feels like 7.


Timothy's birthday was a special one this year because he got to have a party with his Sunday School class and some homeschool and basketball friends. We let our kids have "friend parties" every 5 years (when they turn 5, 10 and 15 or 16). Timothy really wanted to have a football party at a nearby park.

Let's just say I was glued to weather.com all week looking to see if we needed to jump to plan B for the party and rent something. But hey, all week long it looked like Saturday would be a rain-free day (a marvelous thing in Illinois during the month of April). Then suddenly, Saturday morning weather.com was telling me that we were going to have rain from noon until the next day and my house was going to be full of 10 yr old boys (+ my 3 other kids + my 5 nieces and nephews who spent the night with us). I STRESSED OUT. I seriously started praying for good weather so Timothy could have the kind of birthday party he wanted and I didn't have to figure out what to do with all those kids for 2 1/2 hrs!! Well, did anyone notice that around 11:30 am, there was a green blob all around us, but it wasn't raining here? Not only that, but the rain slowed WAY down and didn't get to us until 6 or so. I'm convinced that 'the fervent prayers of a righteous woman availeth much!' :) . In all seriousness, I am so thankful God provided a gorgeous day - and I didn't have to resort to 'rock-paper-scissors' to keep ~20 kids occupied :).