Last Tuesday (4.21) we celebrated David's Birthday. This year
David wasn't thrilled about his birthday, since it was a milestone birthday. I
have never known a guy who didn't want to turn 25. Honestly you would have
thought he was turning 30!
He was hoping that if we skipped it all together, he would stay
24. However that isn't how it worked and we celebrated for sure! I took Tensley
out that day to pick up his birthday present, another gift card to Gander Mt.
He truly loves being outdoors; hiking, camping, biking, you name it. So I knew
a gift card would be the perfect choice, then having Tensley and I attempt to
pick something out. [Though we do pick out some awesome tools on
occasion]
Since Tensley wasn't getting to truly pick out something special
for her dad's birthday, I allowed her to pick the graphic on the gift card. Of
course she picked the card with the 3 cute puppies on it. Clearly she is trying
to be subtle, I think she is hoping daddy's birthday wish was a puppy. Sadly it
was not.
Knowing that David doesn't eat sweets but on occasion, it was
hard for Tensley to understand that daddy didn't want to have a cake or
anything for his birthday. To any well respected 3 year old, you can't have a
birthday without cake. Am I right! I am so glad this girl pushed for cake,
because let's be honest, I don't think its a birthday celebration either
without a little something sweet. :)
So David and I agreed last year that on our birthdays we would
get a small slice of cake, pie, or cupcake that the entire family would share.
With Tensley's birthday being 5 days after mine and now Everley's birthday will
be close behind Davids. Which would mean lots of sweets in a short amount of
time. So we agreed to only bake cakes for the girls birthday and share a small
treat for our birthdays. Honestly this work out perfect for us, no leftover
sweets tempting me during the day.
Tensley and I hit up our local grocery store after picking up
David's present. I tried to convince her that daddy would like a slice of
cheesecake or pecan pie to share. However she stated she knows her father
better then I do and he would want this semi-large cupcake that had blue icing
on it. Though I tried to convince her other wise, we walked out of the store
with a blue cupcake. She was so proud of that cupcake, she carried it
home!
Knowing how thrilled he was to turn 25, I made sure there were 25
candles on that cupcake. Clearly I won't be making wife of the year. Oh well.
It was totally worth it to see their faces when I finished putting all the
candles on! 
Just like that he made 25 wishes. Probably a little less than
25, I have a feeling a certain mini me blew out a couple of his candles for
him. ;)
[Thanks to my cousin for snapping these pictures. He came over
to help move our furniture, Tensley wouldn't let them do any work until after
we did the cupcake of course. Priorities!]
This moment was probably the highlight of David's evening. He
loves how girly Tensley can be, but nothing makes his heart melt more then to
see her tomboy side come out. When it was time for him to put the arms back on
the couch, she was quick to help! She did a GREAT job tightening up the bolts,
though she couldn't have done any of it without a flashlight. I am so glad
Tensley is learning how to use daddy's tools and fix things. Now I can put her
to work on my projects that David seems to weasel his way out of. ;)
