BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

i SAY it every YEAR. having a child born on CHIRSTMAS EVE is a wonderful BLESSING and a blessed CURSE. By the time that Christmas comes MAX has already eaten so many sweets and opened so many GIFTS that I wonder if he thinks CHRISTMAS is three day CELEBRATION all about him. Oh, well. We were going to be at my brother's house in Idaho Falls on Christmas Eve, so we decided against hauling this ginormous gift up there and Max got to start his birthday bonanza a day early.

This kid is way into PRETEND play. He always pulls chairs up to my counters and uses my big spoons, pans, etc... to 'cook' us up some special dishes. He loves his new KITCHEN, especially the microwave part of it! Uncle Jim and Aunt Christine were so kind to host Christmas Eve and MAX's BIRTHDAY!

For 2 months he has been talking about his 'Sooby Doo' Birthday cake. Dad had to handle this one as Mom had no time to run to the bakery, and I must say, he did a pretty darn good job albeit the printer was out of yellow toner.

Loves blowing out candles...finally these ones are for him!

One of the favorite gifts...the very NOISY band in a box from his NANA.

I didn't have to provide much in the way of birthday activities as Max was with many of his cousins on Christmas Eve. He loved just being with them at Jim's house and playing together.

I might also mention that Luke turned 10 months old on Christmas Eve as well.