14 November 2009

Happy Birthday Hiram!

Hiram is the most helpful 4 year old I know. He is always ready to open a door for his Mama, sweep the floor, water the garden or get Bailey dressed. I'm not sure what I did without him. Hiram has a great work ethic that he gets from his Papa and also enjoys his alone time like his Mama - I couldn't ask for a better guy :)

So this year Hiram had four birthday requests - #1 a balloon, #2 a doughnut, #3 cotton candy and #4 a party blower. So above you can see the balloon and the party blower is in the pocket. The doughnuts came for breakfast on the morning of his birthday and the cotton candy (he had never had any before) came later in the evening when Scott took him to a carnival up the road. He would have been totally happy with just those four. (See why I love this guy!)

However since I am such a nice Mama I also made him browine cupcakes with chocolate frosting and sprinkles - I think he liked them a little :)

The haul:
Balloon - $1
Party blower - 8 for $1, we used two so $0.25 (we will save the rest for other birthdays)
Doughnuts - $2
Cotton candy - $4 (that is what we get for buying it at a carnival)
Denim bean bag - $0.25 (thrift store had the cover, Scott and I shredded styrofoam blocks for the beans)
Denim bed skirt - $1 (thrift store)
Up movie - FREE (coupons + rebates)
Octopus - $0.25 (Walgreens clearance)
Tool box - FREE (Grandma Cindie got it at an auction for free)

Grand total - $8.75
(Next year he can buy his own cotton candy!)

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