Super Bowls and Super Birthdays

Well, this weekend we loaded up the family stay-wag and headed down to Franklin to celebrate the birthdays of Amelia, Ryder, and "Brother John" as Amelia fondly calls him.

We had some triple-style birthday celebrating to do and this crazy crew did it up right.

Grandma Gigi and Aunt Beth made a delicious taco bar and we all stuffed ourselves silly on various forms of tacos, nachos, and Mexican dips.  As one should always celebrate one's birthday. Amen?

Amelia was so excited to see everyone, and she has definitely got the hang of this whole birthday celebration aka presents thing. She's just been through a constant stream of present-opening activities with multiple Christmas celebrations and multiple birthday celebrations, and I'm afraid she's in for some disappointment as she doesn't have any big present-opening celebrations again for about 11 months. Oh the joy of a January birthday!

After much fun and celebrating with my favorite people, we loaded back up into the stay-wag and headed home. But not without stopping at Home Cafe for a mid-afternoon 2nd lunch / early dinner. Because when one is that close to Home Cafe, one does not simply just not eat there. 

It was a long day full of way too much food and driving and partying, and we were all pooped by the time we got home. This isn't the greatest picture of Amelia but I had to snap a quick pic of her because girlfriend was seriously channeling her inner Penny Lane and I couldn't even deal.

And if you have no idea who Penny Lane is, then you need to watch Almost Famous and fall in love with Kate Hudson like the rest of the world because that movie is one of the best ever and it's time to get with the program, people. 

In addition to celebrating birthdays around here, we've also been enjoying Mexican dips while we watched the Superbowl. Now normally I am totally the girl who says, "hey did you know there was a football game going on during the Justin Timberlake concert on Sunday?" but amazingly, this year I actually watched part of the game! And I was astounded to see the Eagles pull out the old trick play first seen on Little Giants aka The Annexation of Puerto Rico.

And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, then you need to rent Little Giants immediately because that movie is just solid gold and you're missing out on some joy in life.

So back to the JT concert. In order to persuade our 3 year old that watching a football game would be fun times, I told her that there was going to be a music concert and that they were going to sing that song from her favorite movie Trolls. And boy was she PUMPED!

So imagine her disappointment when JT started singing "Can't Stop the Feeling" and there were NO TROLLS to be found anywhere on that football field. "Mommy, where are the trolls?! UGGGHH!"

Uh...whoops.

JT really should have had some trolls dancing along with him. That would have totally been awesome and original for a Superbowl halftime show!

I mean if the Eagles can pull off the Annexation of Puerto Rico and the Nation's can pull off eating a taco bar AND a full meal at Home Cafe within a 2 hour window, then Justin Timberlake should be able to show up to the halftime show with some trolls.

Happy Tuesday, y'all.