Belated Birthday Post

Get ready, this is a long one...









We had a combined birthday party with Jorgen's friend, Ryan, who turned two three days before Jorgen. Heather, Ryan's mom, and I planned a jungle theme party and it turned out so cute....mostly thanks to Heather and her creativity and skills;). Heather's sister made the cutest invitations! We picked a monkey for Jorgen and a giraffe for Ryan. I always call Jorgen my monkey boy - it's so fitting for his crazy adorable self!

We had fun trying to make everything jungle appropriate. There was a snake sandwich, bananas, carrots, animal crackers and other snacks. There was a jungle petting zoo where those who brought their favorite animal friend could leave them to be looked after.












When the kids arrived, they all made monkey, lion, tiger, or giraffe headdresses. Next we played pin the tail on the monkey and only one child pinned it in the right spot (go Evan!). The smaller kids didn't get blindfolded. Jorgen loved it when everyone clapped after he did it - even though it was nowhere near the monkey's bottom.




























Then we played a game of catch the lion by the tail (aka duck duck goose). Jorgen LOVED that game.












The food was yummy as you can tell by the smudges all around Jorgen's face in most of the following pictures. Shelley enjoyed a long nap on Justin the during the party:)






















I made a monkey cake for Jorgen again (for those who wanted the recipe for the cake, click here...thanks Martha Stewart!) and Heather made cute jungle cookie cutter cookies that were sooo good! The kids also loved the animal paw print cupcakes we made. Jorgen and Ryan had fun playing together as well - I don't know that they really knew it was their party most of the time, they probably would have been totally happy just playing in the sand the entire time. But I do think they had fun and I think everyone else did too. Thanks, Heather, for taking all the pictures (I can't believe I forgot my camera!!! So not like me;D). What a fun day!

More Miy and Sina

What could be more fun than a family home evening at the park? Well, add Miles and Siena to anything and it doubles the fun!


Miles and Siena brought over a whiffle ball and bat and Jorgen had fun playing - once the dogs came out, Siena and I took him to the park....he likes dogs, but not close up.









Jorgen L-O-V-E-S his Aunt Siena! Whenever she'd go out of sight, he'd ask where she was. Miles and Siena are so sweet to Jorgen and he just eats up all of the attention!

Nothing but adoration for his Auntie

While Siena, Shelley, and I played with Jorgen around the park, Justin and Miles had some brotherly bonding time - nothing like a good game of whiffle ball;) So manly, wouldn't you say...









UPDATE: Justin just informed me that it was 'home run derby whiffle ball'...as if that adds to the manliness of the game.

For Cindy

This darling little dress and shoes is from a good friend of mine (from elementry school), Cindy. Isn't it the cutest little dress! It comes with a matching hat too! What could be cuter than a matching dress, hat and shoes? ... My little miss Shelley wearing them of course! Thanks, Cindy!!!!!

Under Construction

The Hansen blog is currently under construction. I'm two months past my deadline and the time has come to finally do away with the Hansen Trio header. Hansen Quatro just doesn't sound good so thanks to my friend Jen (who wonderfully gave me a whole slew of Hansen this or Hansen thats to chose from, Hansen Hive being one of them) and my sister Shanda (who created the rough draft version of Hansen Hive), we are going with Hansen Hive. I still need to chose a better saying for under the Hansen Hive part....if you have any great ideas, PLEASE pass them along. My creative juices just aren't flowing right now. I don't so much like 'the many adventures of our busy lives' but it works for now.

More to come...

Opening Presents

Jorgen was spoiled this birthday for sure! His Aunt Siena and Uncle Miles gave him some cute clothes - one shirt has a soccer ball on it and I know Jorgen is going to be asking me to wear that one a lot. Grandpa Tom and Grandma Dixie gave Jorgen a cute matching outfit and then surprised him later with a TRIKE! They are so generous and sweet to him! He absolutely loves the trike! It is a three-in-one trike. It rocks (handle bar turns into a rocker). It rolls (I can push Jorgen on it until he gets peddling down). And it rides (He can ride it on his own once his feet reach:D). We're going to make many park trips in this trike. Siena's dad, Joe, gave Jorgen "The Quiet Cricket" book and I hope Jorgen learns from the title of this book:) Nana and Papa sent a very exciting gift and Jorgen (and Justin to be sure) thinks it's the coolest thing ever! It's one of those blow up things that recoils back to you when you hit it. He loves throwing his balls into it and I LOVE that it lets him get out his 'hits' on it and it even gets him back sometimes. What a perfect toy! We also appropriately named the football player 'Papa' so Jorgen thinks it's pretty cool that he gets to throw his balls Papa all day long. Thank you to our wonderful family for all the calls as well! Jorgen LOVED hearing all of your voices. I caught him singing "Happy Birt-day to Jorgy" to himself a few times - it was so funny! We love and miss all of you!

Monkey Cake

For his birthday, Jorgen really wanted a monkey cake...wait, let me back up...Jorgen originally really wanted an oatmeal cake but through the power of persuasion, Justin and I convinced him that a monkey cake would be much much more exciting! For the past week or so ever time we'd ask Jorgen what he wanted for his birthday, he'd respond, "monkey cake!" So, Justin found a recipe online (thanks, sweetheart!) and I made it. I am so happy with how it turned out. I am by no means a baker so this was the perfect easy recipe for me. It was pretty tasty too - not your traditional cake but a yummy banana cake (like banana bread with frosting on it basically). Jorgen loved it and loved looking at it. He first ate the eyes and loved having his cake with ice cream especially because he was able to enjoy it with his adopted grandparents Tom and Dixie and also his beloved Uncle Miles and Aunt Siena (pictures to be posted later).