We had a great birthday weekend! Friday was lots of fun. Thomas, ME, and I brought doughnuts to Matthew's class and he enjoyed his "King of the Universe" status! He got to be line leader and lead most of the songs during the day. He kept saying, "This is the best day of my life!"
The party on Saturday was my favorite party that we have thrown. Since Thomas's birthday is in a few weeks, we decided to have a joint party as many of the same kids would come regardless.
It was a camping theme and it was on the nature trail near our lot. We couldn't have asked for better weather: sunny in the 70s. Perfect campfire weather! The kids enjoyed making walking sticks that quickly turned into light sabers, eating hot dogs, making s'mores, and going on a nature walk. Parties are always a great reminder of how much I love my friends and family who love my children!
The afternoon was spent watching football. Bryon, his dad, and brother took the boys to the Baylor game. They won! I watched the Alabama game on TV. They lost! Quite painful to talk about, actually. Thank goodness I had a lot to do to keep my mind off of it!
Saturday evening, the boys opened their gifts from Bryon's parents who had to leave early. Then my family came over and we ate eggplant parmesan and pumpkin gingerbread trifle. Then Matthew opened more presents. Thomas will get to open his on his actual birthday! Our house looked like Christmas morning! Everyone left at 8 p.m. and I was dead asleep by 8:30!
Today was spent playing with all the new toys and resting from a busy day yesterday. A funny story: Bryon took the boys to the grocery store and Matthew noticed that egg nog was for sale. Matthew ADORES egg nog and talks about it frequently during the year. Bryon bought a small bottle and Matthew had a chug tonight. After his first sip, he exclaimed, "This is just like old times!" What a hoot!
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It looks like you all had so much fun! What great weather!
Happy birthday to both Matthew and Thomas!!
You did a great job on the cake and the party! It was a beautiful day!
Sounds fun! Please, can I have the recipe for the pumpkin gingerbread trifle? It sounds good!
I am so glad to hear that other people actually do joint birthday parties. My girls birthdays are 2 weeks apart and all their friends are siblings, so it only seems obvious to me...it's my plan for next year anyway. Glad it was a success!!!
This recipe is from Paula Deen's Home Cooking show and is a delicious and easy change of pace for holiday dessert! This serves a large crowd, so is good for potlucks, too.
The recipe calls for 2 gingerbread mixes but I had a lot left over and I think you could easily get away with one. Also, a comment I read said they used spice cake instead of gingerbread and that sounds really good too!
2 (14 ounce) packages gingerbread mix
1 (5 1/8 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix
1 (30 ounce) can pumpkin pie filling
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/3 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 container of heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup crushed gingersnap cookies
2-3 tablespoons chopped pecans, for garnish (optional
Bake the gingerbread as per recipe and let cool.
Make the pudding. After cooled, add pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon.
Whip the whipped cream.
Layer broken up pieces of gingerbread on bottom. Follow with a layer of pumpkin pudding. Follow with a layer of whipped cream. Repeat again. Sprinkle the top with ginger snaps and pecans.
I made this last year for a teacher thing and used Spice Cake (Duncan Hines) instead. I did add a teaspoon of ginger to the mix for the smell of ginger. It was really good. I didn't have ginger snaps so I just topped with pecans and sugar cinnamon. YUM! Did I get this recipe from you or were we watching the show the same day??? Eggplant Parmesan MY FAVORITE!!!YUM! But my kids won't touch it.=(
Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend! I will have to try the gingerbread trifle but will definitely use the spice cake instead (not so crazy about gingerbread) thanks for your encouraging comments on my blog, just had a bad weekend ( ok week, ok, 2 weeks, ok month, Ok It has got to get better right!!!!) :) Happy Thanksgiving!
Great idea for a party and the cake looks delicious.
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