A Joint Birthday

Boss and Naomi turned 3 and 4 this year!  Last year I was so sick and pregnant and homeless during their birthdays, we kept it super low key.  I swore this year would be more memorable for them.  Turns out I was exhausted with my 3rd baby, and even though she is months old and I'm out of excuses, I was not up for planning some extravagant parties for my toddlers.  I set it up to be held at the Kangaroo Zoo in Pleasant Grove.  It's a happy coincidence that we have lived really close to their 2 Utah locations.  My kids love that place, and it made the whole thing as easy as can be for me.  I just had to show up and write a check.  The kids had the time of their life running around that place like they owned it, with all their favorite friends (mostly our awesome neighbors).  I brought peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, bags of chips and capri suns, and the kids blew out candles in their funfetti cupcakes.  Easy peasy.  We had that party between their 2 actual birthdays.  On their real birthday's, we just treated them extra special, took them to pick out their own presents (a camera, and a nerf gun for Boston, and a Tiana polly pocket thing and a lip gloss set for Naomi), then I made their favorite dinner (lasagna for Boston, chicken fingers for Naomi) and had cake.  Then they opened their gifts from their grandma and grandpa.  It was perfect.  Really low key, just like us.  Sorta like how John and I spent our last anniversary.  We aren't about fluff in our family.  No one will be asking me for party planning tips or coming to my blog for creative ideas, but it suits us juuuuust fine.