Matt's 40th Birthday and Claire's 5th

Matt turned the Big 4-0 this year and he wanted to celebrate by going to Puerto Rico to volunteer for a week to help people impacted by Hurricane Maria.  More to come on that trip next post, but for this post we'll share the celebrations we had at home for both Matt and for Clairebee who turned the big 0-5!

Birthday present from Katie and Joe

Yay!  Her first full size Hatchimals, she was in heaven.

Incubating the egg

It hatched and it was twins!  Yahoo!

Luke and Joey going to their cowboy themed school party

Joey had a sleepover with Luke 

Cub Scouts' Pinewood Derby was really fun 

Claire's birthday party was at home on Saturday and it was unicorn themed for the second year in a row, with a slight bend towards "My Little Pony" unicorn theme.

She had a nice smaller group of kids and did crafts and games, just like the birthday parties we did when I was growing up. She loved it so much!

Bozo buckets

Musical chairs

Pin the corn on the unicorn

Matching Hartmans

Unicorn piñata

Rainbow cake

Opening birthday gifts

Fun toy from Uncle Ben and Aunt Linda

Silly face!

Birthday toast

Birthday dinner out at a fancy steak place, just Matt and me

Cub Scouts pancake breakfast

Climbing on the sand dunes at the beach

Ice skating at the mall fake-ice rink.

Claire's actual birthday was on a weekday and she chose to go to Chick Fil A out of all of the places she could choose to go.

Birthday gift from G&G Mackus

Bd gift from Dad - a unicorn squirrel feeder

Sign made by Luke

For Matt's actual birthday we spent the day together.  We went to iFly the indoor skydiving experience in nearby Rosemont

Hofbrauhaus for lunch

Quick walk around in the Casino to check it out

Walk at Fort Sheridan on a beautiful birthday afternoon 

Birthday dinner and French Silk Pie

Annual birthday dinner with just Daddy ad Claire.

Report card for Luke - he's still doing awesome!