Today is Alec and Sean's 18th birthday. We had planned a party for them for Saturday night. We had the swimming pool rented for an hour and then were going to have the kids come to our house for a movie out on the lawn with Cafe Rio sweet pork salad for dinner. The boys had rented the movie "Frisco Kid" to show their friends. We hung lights out around the front yard and gathered lawn chairs. But everything changed as we got the first big thunderstorm of the season! It started to rain about 2:00 so we took down all the lights. Then it stopped raining so we put the lights back up. It started raining again so we scrubbed the outdoor movie idea and took the lights down again. It was still raining when it was time to swim. They wouldn't let us in the pool because of lightning. So Rich told all the kids to head to the Movie Theatre and he would pay for them all to see "Harry Potter" When we got to the theatre, the projector wasn't working so NO MOVIE! Every one came back to the house and we fed them the Sweet Pork Salad which turned out really good. Then we cleared the furniture out of the living room and the kids watched "Frisco Kid" projected on the wall. After the movie we served cake and ice cream. It turned out fun but not the way we had planned. The boys opened their presents today and we put cups in the chain link fence at school with their names and the number 18. I think they got sung to in several of their classes because everyone saw the cups. Unfortunately Alec came home from football practice tonight with either stomach flu or food poisoning. He is so sick. I think we are in for a night of it.
This was the birthday cake I made for their party. Alecs MGB and juggling balls for Sean. They are all out of cake.
5 comments:
AH! they are 18! WILD! I can't believe it. I don't have "little" brothers anymore that's for sure. DANG! I'm so mad about the thunderstorm, you guys had such a neat party planned out. It sounds like it turned out quite well though. What did they get for their birthday? Oh and the cake...AMAZING! You are an artist! It seriously turned out GREAT! I LOVE it! :o) I wish i could have been there. Is Alec feeling any better?
Alec's birthday presents:
Leaf springs(?) for his car
A wooden knob for his gear shift
Sean's birthday presents:
Airsoft sniper rifle
vidio game
Happy Birthday Alec and Sean. I can not believe they are 18. Where did the time go? The cake is amazing. Bummer about the rain. I can't believe on the one day it rains, it is their birthday party. Crazy. What a fun mom you are to just adjust to the whole situation, and make it fun anyway.
Thats too bad that some of the plans didn't work out. I am sure they all had fun anyway. That cake looks so good!
Holy cow I remember when they were born... wasn't that just last year? Time flies by. Happy birthday boys! Ellen, LOVE the cake! You are truly amazing. Sorry about the party but sounds like you had fun anyway!
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