Happy Half Birthday

So a few years back, we started celebrating half birthdays. It started because we were at Sonic with a friend and it happened to be her girls' half birthdays so we decided to get ice cream and start celebrating. It stuck and we've enjoyed it ever since. We don't do anything fancy- usually a cupcake even if it's not Sunday- and we sing happy half birthday.  but the kids all really like it. T's half birthday is 29 Feb but we've decided not to make him wait for leap years :) 

We've been listening to the Green Ring Conspiracy on Adventures in Odyssey and kids have been excited about making a carnival. On Monday (the day we decided to celebrate T's half birthday) a friend watched my children for my doctor appointment. I came home to a carnival setup. They had fun and set up a snack table and games and had big plans for later. 

We had to make it through a couple very important parts of our day before the carnival (lunch, naps, and school) but then everyone was ready! and we were blessed with a beautiful day outside. We started with cornhole 

 and football toss.

 I was again blessed that my friend brought dinner! After dinner, we enjoyed yummy half birthday cupcakes

 and then we were ready for more games. I didn't get a ton of pics but we have nerf gun shooting at cups, bingo, guess the spice, find the spice, unfreeze the bracelet, and a couple more

 Then I was treated to a back massage and hair combing by C. BG was happy to join in the picture taking!

We had a fun half birthday for T and are excited that Daddy will be home in less than 2 weeks!