cupcakes and birthday punches…

since i already bought a cake last sunday, i figured that we should just have cupcakes today….the official day of my birthday.

my sister and my niece

yummy..........

flower cupcake for my niece...

red velvet...

should i even mention what this is???

my favorite...pistachio with nuts.

before i forget, my arms are sore. both of my nieces gave me birthday punches. that’s 2 times…..hhhmmm, you don’t need to know. let’s just say it’s a lot. and they don’t hold back on their punches.

to my dad. we'll always remember...

"I read of a man who stood to speak

At the funeral of a friend

He referred to the dates on his tombstone

From the beginning to the end

He noted that first came the date of his birth

And spoke the following date with tears,

But he said what mattered the most of all

Was the dash between those years

For the dash represents all the time

That he spent alive on earth.

And now only those who loved him

Know what that little line is worth."

excerpt from "The Dash Poem" by Linda Ellis

let the week long celebration begin…

although my official birthday is not until tuesday, may 3, we decided to kick it off this weekend since the kids (nieces and nephews) are all here during the weekend.

i wish i was only two (or twenty)…..but they only provided us with two candles.

nicky was the only one in the mood to singing happy birthday...

… hope he made a wish…