Happy Birthday Aaron & Collin!

Aaron and Collin turned 4 yesterday! Dad made them gigantic pancakes for breakfast and then we were off to swimming lessons. I wish I could say it was a wonderful day but it was "one of those days" instead. Collin isn't really loving his swimming lessons and so he's in a less advanced class than Aaron and Davin. We are so happy if he even gets into the water each day. Aaron has done great in his class and will even go off the diving board! Yesterday however, Aaron decided he didn't like swimming lessons either and was crying and screaming for about 20 min. During all of this, Collin decided to cry about putting a life jacket on. I wanted to find the nearest rock to crawl under, but there weren't any... It was so embarrassing! Then after that trauma, I decided to take them to McDonald's and buy them a happy meal and let them play. I rarely buy the happy meals because I don't need another lame toy kicking around and they are kind of expensive. I thought this would be a treat for them. Aaron and Davin loved it, ate their happy meal and went to play. Collin would NOT eat his cheeseburger and I told him he couldn't play until he ate some. He then chucked his cheeseburger on the floor and sat down and cried. I packed everyone up and we were out of there too! Then it was NAP TIME, the most wonderful time of day! It was nice to have a break from the drama. I proceeded to make the ugliest cakes that were ever made for a birthday. They just didn't turn out how I was envisioning them... We had pizza for dinner and then they opened their presents. They loved that part and they got some really fun things from Grandma! Thank you Grandma, we love you! One of the things we got them was a slip and slide, which they were so excited about. They all got their swimming suits on and ran outside to try it. They got a few slides in but then were almost eaten alive by mosquito's! We had to come in. One thing that I thought was really sweet is that Davin bought the twins some matchbox cars and bubble gum with his own money he had earned. He spent every penny he had on them. He was so excited to give them their presents. What a sweet little boy! Well, overall it was a pretty good day and I hope Aaron and Collin only remember the good parts. I could have just posted the cute pics and said we had a great day but I think it's good to "keep it real" and let everyone know that some days are just hard being a mom and that everything just doesn't go the way we want it to sometimes. Despite it all, I'm so glad we have Aaron and Collin in our family. We love them so much and they are always making us laugh. I look forward to all the new things they will learn this year. It's so fun to watch them grow up.