Birthdays

We have a couple of really important birthdays coming up here in our little family. I am looking forward to two very simple celebrations of the soon to be four and the soon to be three year olds here in this house. In Heaven on Earth, there are some excellent suggestions for birthday celebrations. I have also recently picked up The Birthday Book again--it has been sitting on my nightstand untouched since the summer. Some ideas are brewing but just not ready yet. I think the following elements are a must:
{free play time}
{yummy food}
{simple activity}
{birthday cake}
{presents}
{goody to take home}
Over the summer, I made birthday banners out of patterns from this book for all three of the babies. H also got his birthday crown a little early (for Halloween). N has one in the making and little C will get his right around summer time. Ahh, crafting in the New Year--what fun!