Birthdays!

for Matthew and Scott 

We celebrated Matthew's birthday (back in February) by going out to eat at Olive Garden.  At the time there were restrictions on how many people could be at one table (the max was 6 but has since been increased to 10).  So we had to split up into two tables.  Scott was with the older kids at their table.

And I was with John and Emma at the younger kids table.

Matthew got a piece of cake, gratis, and a second piece was ordered for the rest of us to share.

For part of his birthday celebration he had to put in order the birthday "themes" or something we did from each of his birthdays for the past 14 years.  He easily got the more recent ones, but had to make educated guesses on some of the earlier years.  This was inspired by final challenges on the Amazing Race TV show, where contestants have to complete some puzzle about all the places they had traveled on the show.

Anna was the most helpful

Eventually the puzzle was solved and we continued with cake and presents.

Scott made a cheesecake from scratch which was loved by all

Matthew had a method for blowing out all the candles at once.

Happy 14th Birthday Matthew!

And a few days later was Scott's birthday.  Emma made this cup castle in his honor.

We had yellow cake with chocolate frosting, per Scott's request.

Hooray!

Happy Birthday Scott/Dad!