November Birthdays

November is the kick-off of the holiday season for us. It begins with Twitter's birthday. He's finally in the double-digits -- turning a big whopping 10 years old! Yay!!!

We celebrated quietly at home with the family.  
Here he is feasting with his cousins.

And here's the feast!  He wanted L & L Barbecue.
No cooking?!  Who can resist that birthday request?

As for gifts ... Twitter's birthday wish list included a hoodie...

....check! (Thanks Auntie N.)

                                          New shoes ....

...check! (Thanks again, Auntie N!)
 
Legos ...

...check, again!(actually, he got a gift card to the Lego Store-thanks, Auntie C!)

But his biggest wish was for a BB gun ... 

.... CHECK! CHECK! CHECK!!!!  (Thanks, Dad!) 

This gift was a quite the surprise for him since his previous requests for one always received Mom and Dad's adamant "no's."

Ten cents in a dime ..

Ten pigs in a pen..
Ten decades in a century ..
Ten Hail Mary's in a rosary decade ..
Ten candles on the brownie cake!!! :)

 

Happy Birthday, Twitter!

Two weeks later -- Angel's turn!  

She celebrated her 8th by sharing a party 
with cousin D who celebrated his big 12!

Angel displayed her typically "reserved" happy upon receiving gifts.  
Nana & Auntie N  updated her wardrobe. 










Auntie C. juiced up her day with a Jamba Juice card.

 Big Brother brought out the BIG guns to produce a BIG smile!  

Well, it wasn't a really big gun .. just a bb gun .. but it was pink!

 Thanks, Big Brother!

The celebrating continued the next night .. pizza pie for dinner .. 

s'mores pizza cake for dessert!

And then there were more gifts -- stashed in a new birthday back pack.

Stars .. to help her think about Heaven before going to sleep.

A yo-yo, because Mom just knew it would bring a smile to her face!

A watch -- because she's learning to tell the time on a face clock!

Mula from Grandma A!

A new raincoat & gloves to coordinate with her back pack!

Eight GREAT years with our ANGEL!

...and Thanksgiving is just around the corner ...