A B-Y-U- tiful Birthday!!

Big C celebrated his 9th birthday over Memorial Day weekend!! Out of our 3 kids, his is the last birthday, so he was past the point of being excited!!

Of course we did our normal Golden Corral breakfast, where the waitresses sing, and the birthday boy gets to dance with his "salt & pepper" maracas, but even before this was the opening of the presents!!

Big C made out pretty well!! We received 2 cards in the mail. One from his Grandparents W, and the other from his Grandparents B. Each contained a card concealing the actual "loot". He was given a $30 check. and a $25 gift card to Wal-mart. Below is a collage of all Big C's birthday happiness!!

Then of course he had to dress for the occasion, wearing some of his new clothes.

Big C's Uncle N was here for the weekend, and offered to make his birthday dinner. We dined on Fettuccine Alfredo, Fluffy Chicken, and Asparagus!! It was wonderful!! For his birthday cake he wanted something a little different. Instead of a cake, he wanted, what we call, "Grandma Bars". These have a oatmeal cookie crust, topped with a creamy, fudgy goodness, then sprinkled with the same oatmeal cookie crust. Well, Big C decided he wanted the oatmeal part died "BYU" blue, and then instead of sprinkling the crust on top randomly, he wanted it to spell B-Y-U. Well, after using all of my blue food coloring, it came out a nice shade of....green!! Oh well, at least the words came out just right!!

Finally the candles were blown out, the "birthday song" sung, and the "cake", along with the food, resting miserably in our tummies, (we all ate way to much)!

Big C's birthday has come to an end. He is already planning for the big 1-0!!

Sigh........A mother's work is never done!!