The WORST b-day card EVER!!!

While the gang was sleeping in this moring I was up at 6:30 getting ready for the BIG Earth Day Celebration at school.

I (meaning the Ls and I) have been living at school this week, cramped 700 kids into days of craft camps, prepped until the wee hours of the night for the next day of camps and then did it over and over again.

There was no time to cook, to clean, wash clothes let alone prep for a proper b-day breakfast, which is a tradition in our house.

Knowing that this week was going to be insane we had surprised Pat with a b-day supper and his gift last Friday. 

He is still living off the adrenaline that went through him once he opened his gift ... and so are the Ls :)

Instead my husband was ever so lucky and found this little note for him when he woke up:

I was beautifying the courtyards at school and poor b-day boy was left to clean the house and watch the Ls.

We made up with supper and had ice cream AND cake ... to compensate for the morning party (or the lack there of).

Lulu crowned him with his b-day hat in his half-b-day suit :)
(it was above 90 F today!!!)

Happy B-Day my Goalie!
You work so hard, have a tough job and when you come home
(if you do while we are still awake) you have to please your 3 CZ girls and the funny zoo.

We hope you know how much we appreciate how hard you work to give us everything and more!

You are a VERY loved Papa and and an even more loved leader, alpha, commander and ball chucker.
I LOVE snuggling up with you in bed, putting my nose close to you so I can smell and feel you all night.
I love licking you, your face, your hands, your everything.
I pee myself in excitement when you come home.
I can hear car out of a 100 driving by and as soon as I know you are driving into the driveway I race faster than the wind to be the first to jump up on you and lick, lick, lick you ALL over ... and then I usually dribble a bit pee ... because YOU ARE HOME MASTER!!!!

I LOVE you and will always love you!!!
Happy b-day Papa!

With Love,
Your Dork

P.S. Mama said she feels the same, just without the licking, peeing and the smelling ;)

Happy B-Day Papa!!!

Yes, he is getting OLD!!!
Our Papa turned a whopping 33 yesterday (that baby) and since GP is in town we had to make a little party out of it :)

When we lived in Tucson, Pat had a HUGE BBQ, it fit 35 burgers???
Apparently we NEEDED such a monster. TVs and BBQs must be a resemblance of a man's status or manly-hood. Both have to be really big in our house???
Anyways, when we were at Miko's house Pat saw his old BBQ (which is now representing Troy's manly-hood :) and I swear I saw a tear drop in his eye.

I guess I am a softie after all, so when we returned from AZ I searched and searched for a new BBQ for our Papa. Mind you I have never used a BBQ and I have definitely NEVER bought one.
I read and read and read and then I just decided to go for it ...

He got it the evening before his b-day so we could use it for his b-day supper. 

GP and Pat sat all night together and put the new and VERY manly BBQ together.

B-Day boy on his BIG day! 

Prost!!!

Papa and his new PRIDE and JOY!

It's a much smaller version but it works AWESOME 

and has some nice features like infrared heating ... whatever that means. 

The guy on Amazon said it was the BEST so I believed him ;)

Meanwhile, the party was really starting inside ...

Auntie Michelle and Co. had stopped by for a surprise b-day cake delivery

 and now it really was a PARTY!!

Thanks guys for the awesome cake and company! 

... and thanks Bin for cleaning up the food ;)

They had wayyyy TOO much fun with this.

as I said, it's not a party until one of my girls takes off her ...

  

Oh and the CAKE!

SOOO YUMMIE!!!

 We sang Happy B-Day in English, German, Canadian and Chinese :)

And then GP read to all the kiddos a nice bed-time story.

Happy B-Day Love.

We hope you had a great day!

Love,

Your Girls and GP