My Kids Have the Same Birthday 2019

I know we've been over this, but my kids are not twins, yet they have the same birthday. This makes blogging their birthdays surprisingly difficult. So I'm just going to have numerous birthday posts. That's okay because no one reads this blog anyway.

School birthday crowns

Miranda is 5 and James is 8!

When your kids have the same birthday, you buy ALL the cupcakes for school. All of them.

James's 7th and Miranda's 4th Birthday 2018

For the kids' birthday weekend, Grandma Kathy visited for the weekend, Miranda brought donut holes to preschool, Kevin and I went to James's 1st grade Earth Day party and read to his class, Carol visited, they went to dance, soccer, and baseball, Bob' visited Saturday night, and they had cake and presents. Woo!

Grandma Kathy visits.

Miranda came home from preschool with a birthday hat

James was so happy we came to his school party

Doing Earth Day crafts- planting seeds in recycled cans

Won some glasses in Bingo

Kevin reading his classic favorite, Make Way For Ducklings

Kevin reading my contemporary favorite, Bored

Carol came over and brought balloons! They love balloons like crazy

Opening presents

Opening presents

Opening presents

 

Opening presents (early purchase from my mom)

James's favorite present- his Dash robot

Grandma at Dance

Grandma at Baseball

My baseball crew

Cake with a 7

Singing Happy Birthday

Cake with a 4

 

Can you spot Bob?

 

Playing with toys

Buddies

Miranda's 3rd and James's 6th Birthday 2017

For James and Miranda's birthday, Grandma, Nana, and Bob came over last weekend. We had pizza, cake, and lots of presents from the above but also from Great-grandma, Great Aunt Nesie and Great Uncle Steve, Great Aunt Mary, and Great Uncle Dickie, and Aunt Janice. Thank you everyone! Here are the pictures.

Happy birthday James and Miranda!

Miranda blowing out her candle

James blowing out his candle

Cubans eating cake

More cake eating

Nana and her little ones

Opening presents!

Opening presents!

Nana explains real make up


James loves his chess set!

Miranda loves her Doc McStuffins doll!

Having fun in their hideaways

Miranda giving Grandma a checkup

Playing chess with Bob in the tent

Nana applying body glitter

They call each other "huggy monkeys"

Miranda's 3rd Birthday Interview 2017

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Interview, 4/24/17
What's your name? Miranda Clou-fer
What's my name? Mama
What's my husband's name? Dada. 

How old are you? Um, two.
Aren't you three? Oh, free, I think.
How old do you think I am? Um, I don't know.
How old is Dada? Um, I don't know. Is he two? 
I'm 38, and Dada is 37. How old Jame is? 
6. How old Grandma is? 
Hey, are you interviewing me now? How old great-grandma is?
93!

What is your favorite food? My favorite food is oatmeal. (But I asked again later and she said, I think yogurt.)
What's your favorite breakfast? I think oatmeal I said.
What's your favorite lunch? Just carrots.
What? Are you a bunny? I don't eat bunnies! Yuck!
Don't you like sandwiches for lunch? Peanut butter sandwich but not cheese in it. (Peanut butter & jelly sandwich, not a cheese sandwich)
What's your favorite dinner? I think, orange juice, I think. Actually, I think I like milk for dinner. (Usually does not cooperate with eating dinner unless it's mac n' cheese or pizza, but we make her eat a lot of chicken.)

Helping herself to clementines.

What is your favorite animal? I think Lambie.
What is your favorite color? Um, I think, pink!
What is your favorite book? Um, I think Caterpillars ones. (She makes me read Doc McStuffins books almost every night.)

What is your favorite song? I know which one, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star one.
What is your favorite toy? I think Lambie.
Do you sleep with any toys at night? Well, I think Doc McStuffins and Lambie. (Toys she sleeps with rotate. But she did recently sleep with them.) 
What is your favorite game? I think naked run!
What's your favorite sport? Find eggs outside. (Egg hunt with grandma.)
Well, do you like t-ball, soccer, running, or swimming? I think I like swimming most.

Maybe she'll come around on t-ball because she's got a great arm.

What is your favorite show? I think Doc McStuffins. 
Which is your favorite movie?  I like Doc McStuffins ones. (There is no Doc McStuffins movie. She likes Room on the Broom and the original Ghostbusters best.)

Are you funny? No, you are funny.
How do you know? Cuz you are. Cuz you are silly I think.

She is funny. 

Who is your best friend? Grandma is.

With her bestie.

Do you love me? Yes! 
Do you love Dada? Yes! 
Do you love James? Yes!

What do you think love means? I think love means, I love you.
Do you want to get married one day? Yes.
What do you think the person that you marry should be like? Um, I don't know.

What's your favorite thing about Grandma? I think I love her.
But what do you like about her? When she gets my toys.
What's your favorite thing about Nana? I like when she visits. She justs puts makeup on me. (Took me a long time to understand her word for "visit.")
What about Bob? What I like about Bob, I like when he visits.

Nana and Miranda's new makeup set

What do you like to do with Dada? Play games with him.
What do you like to do with Mama? Love you and play checkers with you. (I have never played checkers with her. Though we have done some Candyland.)
What do you like to play with James? I play with him.
But what do you play? Cuz I don't want to play Castle of Illusion, just doctor. (Castle of Illusion is a Kindle Disney game.)

Good buddies.

What do you like to play with Grandma? Play doctors.
What do you like to play with Nana? I don't know. 
What about makeup? Oh, I like to do makeup but Nana puts the makeup on me.

What do you like to play with Bob? I don't know. 
What about the tent? Did Bob go in the tent? I don't know about that.

Bob playing with Miranda in the tents

What do you want to want to be when you grow up? I think, a doctor I think.
How come? Cuz, I want to help everyone, I guess.
Do you know what Dada's job is? What? (I explained. Maybe she'll know next year.)

What do you like better the beach, the library, the aquarium, or the playground? I think the playground.
How come? Cuz, I love to be out there.

What else do you think I should ask? Oh, what? Why Grandma gets toys for me?
Okay, why do you think Grandma gets toys for you? Cuz she loves me.

Okay last one, what do you think the meaning of life is? What do you think life is for? For rescuing someone.

The little one is a wise and I love her so much.

Miranda's 2nd Birthday Interview 2016

James's 3rd Birthday Interview 2014