Monday, November 15, 2010

Happy Birthday Charles Times Two

I am blessed with a wonderful father. My dad, Charles (Charlie), is a man that has a heart of gold.  In a quirk of fate, my son also named Charles (Charley) was actually born on my father's birthday of November 12th.  What better birthday gift could I have ever given him? Remembering the delivery of Charley is worth a smile and laugh; we were nearing midnight and almost going to miss the birthday window. Dad was a ball of nerves and had mentioned that I could just get on with it and do him the courtesy of having the baby on his birthday. (With a definite undertone of "if I knew what was good for me.")  I hope that my son can become the kind of man my father is.

Charles (Charley) Benjamin, 3rd birthday smiling over the tractor cake. Notice the passengers? :)


We joyously celebrate my nephew Ledger's birthday on the 15th and brother-in-law Raymond on the 17th.  Four birthday boys so close together. My sisters and I decided to have a joint party for all these fellas at once.

Left to Right: Ledger Ross, 4 yrs.; Raymond Elliot, cresting the middle age hill -har har har; Case Hill (stowaway in the birthday picture); Charles Roy, 60 yrs; Charles Benjamin, 3 yrs.

So, now that the festivities are over it is back to soaping for me.  I will be having my first open house at my home the first weekend of December and really need to get in gear for prepping my inventory.  Cheers!
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5 comments:

  1. That is so special for your dad and son! My mother-in-law shares a birthday with her oldest son, and his wife also has the same birthday (and my uncle too)! Crazy, huh?

    BTW, your son is a little cutie! Love that smile. :)

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  3. Your son is so cute. :)

    My older son was born on my mom's birthday. I didn't even realize it at the time. Wasn't until she came to visit the next day and said "Well that's the nicest birthday present you ever gave me," that I remembered what day it was. lol

    ~Deb

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  4. That is the CUTEST cake I have ever seen! I had a much younger cousin that was obsessed with tractors. He would have loved that!

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  5. Thank you, I had much fun making it!

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