Party time!

October is a big month of birthdays on my side of the family and it's also a big month for our friends' birthdays as well. So we have been partying quite a bit recently.

Ian's 34th birthday was on the 3rd and we celebrated in a very reserved way by going to TGIFriday's for dinner and then going to bed by 10PM. We're total party animals. But the next morning I did get up and make Ian his favorite desert/breakfast food: Monkey Bread!



For those of you unfamiliar with Monkey Bread, it's a very complicated recipe that takes hours to prepare and bake. Here's the secret recipe:

• 2 cans refrigerator biscuits
• 2 sticks butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 tbsps cinnamon

Cut the biscuits into fourths, roll in the white sugar and cinnamon, put in a pan and drizzle the melted butter combined with brown sugar over the entire thing and bake until done.

See... Challenging!

We also celebrated the birthdays of our friends Bos, Roe and Logan all in one weekend. I forgot my camera at the joint party for Bos and Roe but made up for it by taking tons of pictures at Logan's party.

Aiden was very good at standing back during the unwrapping of presents at Logan's party on Sunday but couldn't resist "helping" Logan with a toy Aiden already owns.


He also had a great time with the balloons...


And continued to "help" Logan play with his new toys.


Thank goodness Logan seemed overwhelmed and wasn't bothered by all the assistance! We had fun but it was a party-heavy weekend!