Sullivan is celebrated (and so is sleep!)

Sullivan's 1 year birthday was celebrated Sunday evening (a tad early) in style! There's not much Sullivan likes more that sleep (esparagus [no joke!] and balls may rank slight ahead), so we thought it appropriate to connect that theme to his party.

Thanks for loving on little Sullivan, guests! He felt cherished. And you were all good sports, arriving in PJs in the middle of a delightfully sunny afternoon (hard to come inside!).

Sign on door greeting Sullivan's guests
Daddy's entertainment: reading a bedtime story to the kiddos (and adults!)

YUMMY!

Daddy, Sullivan, and Mommy! (and J in the background)

Didn't take long for him to dig into the "bedtime cookies and milk" - his first sweets!

I confess, I was so proud of my creativity in preparing Sullivan's PJ-wear, that I took pictures pre-garb - just to have it permanently recorded. Shameless pride, I know.

Shoot! Couldn't rotate this little pup. This was the other entertainment... "Pin the "Z" on Sullivan's Word Bubble." Kids were eagerly first up... then, I must say I was impressed with the adult enthusiasm. Ellie Lindloff (kid) and Danika Nelson (adult) were the winners!

P.S. Sugar Cookie Cut Outs are NOT an easy dessert to prepare the afternoon of a party... especially when one has never made sugar cookies before. Although a random supplement to the SLEEP theme, I thought these little shamrocks spoke to the week ahead! (RACHEL, I'll give you one guess where the cookie cutter came from!)

It occurred to me...

... - as I was preparing for company this past weekend - that gone are days when sweeping and mopping up the floors in our house did the trick. Now, I need to sweep, PAINT SCRAPE, and mop up.

Camp Beppy!

Aunt Beppy spent several days in good ole Rochester to spoil her adopted daughter (ME!) and her adopted grandbabies (but "aunt" seems to fit her better than "grandma!"). Jackson and Beppy made forts together, cooked together, read together, sewed together, and played puzzles together.

Scott was out of town for the week, so I had her all to myself! We splurged on ourselves on Friday and hired a sitter so that we could see a matinee (Blind Side - AMAZING!) and go snowshoeing (AMAZING TOO!).

Thanks for everything, Beppy. We love you greatly!