29 something.

Somewhere in all the commotion of family coming and family going, Darren managed to finally turn 29 something. (cough, cough, thirty)

Big day for Darren hey. awwwh.

Anyways, since his family was visiting we did a huge breakfast in the morning, and then headed out to the beach. We even stopped for some chips under the bridge (a must if you're visiting Sarnia) And after a day of seeing the sights (okay like 3 hours) we headed home to get ready to go out for supper. Darren picked Red Lobster.

Right before we got ready to go, I gave him his birthday present. This gift took little effort on my part, but I must say I was up gluing and assembling it all together the night before, with the kids "helping" me, if you know what I mean.

So I decided to give him 30 things for his 30th birthday.

I started by buying a big sturdy base (plant pot in this case) and I bought some of that styrofoam plant stuff to stick in the bottom. I knew I had lots of gift cards and I didn't want them getting lost at the bottom, so I came up with a plan. I took coffee stir sticks and hot glued laundry pegs to the tops.

The sticks poked into the styrofoam base, and the clips were able to hold up all sorts of goodies; gift cards, chocolate bars, candy etc.

I filled in the gaps with the rest of his gifts. Tied some balloons to the basket and voila. Gift done.

It was super low key while he dug around checking out his goodies.

I couldn't believe that my hubby (the tree hugger) didn't even own a "green" t-shirt. Until now that is. wink.

His favorite candy... skittles in 5 different flavours.

And his gift from Lily. A little red box, full of birthday treasures. (toys from her room)

We went out to dinner after this, and we got seperated at the border (2 different vehicles) and Darren's family ended up getting lost (thanks to some bad directions), we waited very patiently at the restaurant until they found us, and the kids even got to pet a lobster. They thought that was awesome, I felt sorry for it... soon after it was somebody's dinner. Poor guy.

We did cake the next day, since we were stuffed from the restaurant. And Darren requested Skor Cake.

And for anyone that is interested this is the 30 things I got for Darren.

• Dairy Queen gift card
• Walmart gift card
• Subway gift card
• Canadian Tire gift card
• Game Stop gift card
• Bulk Barn gift card
• Movie Theater gift card
• Skittles candy (x5)
• Nerds candy
• Mars Bar
• Kit-kat
• Caramilk
• Kool-Aid packets (x3)
• Cherry blaster candy
• Screwdriver set
• Aeropostale T-shirts (x2)
• Gum
• Toothbrush
• Tums
• Dill pickle popcorn flavour
• Peanut Butter cups 
• Laffy Taffy
• Balloons (yes, I counted the balloons towards his gift... you start getting desperate around 27 items)

Now Darren feels old, and I bug him about being married to such a young woman who's still in her 20's. Even funnier, what guy do you know can say he had 4 kids before he turned 30? haha, not many.

Comments

[Lilly]

Just found this, thanks so much! I'm thinking of doing a girly one for my sister.. i've been inspired haha thank you!

[alle]

Sugar coma for sure--- hello diabetes.

[Amanda]

Awesome idea, to the healthy? Post, get a life. Relax and have some fun.

[Healthy?]

Hope he got some fitness stuff with all that junk food. Don't get me wrong, it's creative, very nice wrapping. But that's a TON of junk food. How about a book or a baseball to play with the kids.

[Sam Jamieson]

Great idea! I'm going to make it for my "super crafty" BF for her birthday - I know she'll love it!
One question... was the cake plate that held your Skor Cake from Fiestaware? Love it!!!
Blessings,
Sam

[Stephanie]

Awsome. I would have never thought to use coffee stir sticks. Very clever

[Christine]

So cute.....we are still in our 20's and we have 4 kids! Think of it this way::: when they head off to college we will still be young! My husband and I have a lot of traveling to do! If I remember I will do this for him when he turns 30. Makes you really think about what he likes!

[Tina]

Love the 30 item idea!

[Anne]

This is cute! I loved the end note about 4 kids before 30, because we had 5 before thirty, it's quite a rarity! :) Congrats and Happy Birthday to the Hubby!!

[michaela]

very cute! love this idea, found you on pinterest. :)

[Lyse]

I just had to comment about the "chips under the bridge" in Sarnia. They are the best! My husband is from Sarnia (we live in Alberta)and when we go visit it is a must stop

[Verone Travis]

I really like this idea. At work sometimes we need a clever way to give a grouping of gift cards to a coworker and this would work well. Saw the picture of the gift basket on Pintrest, btw.

[Laura]

I love this idea!
When my mom turned 50 I gave her 50 different types of chocolate bars in a red hat box, since a few of her friends had joined the Red Hat society, it was the running joke!

[Timmonsmiriam61]

My husband is about to turn 54 in a week. I wonder if I can think of 54 things.....LOL!

[Mel Rutledge]

I consider myself a pretty creative and crafty person, even make lots of baskets and candy bouqets! This however is a fantastic idea!! Two thumbs up to you!

[Dayi]

Love this idea super cute and personal :-)

Dayi

http://www.dayissenseofstyle.com/

[Toni]

We do this for our kids 18th birthday and the 18th gift is a really nice gift..Kinda sad only one more go..so I am going to work hard on hers.

[Pa]

Ain't love grand!?

[leanne]

I love the picture of Darren and his skittles and the one of lily giving him her present, soo cute. It was nice to relive it, Great pictures. In the words of Hunter.."This is the best day ever" :)

[shells]

Amy~ what an awesome idea with the gift 'pot'!! Wish I was there to enjoy the cake since I've heard so much about how good it was!!

[Bobbi-Jo]

This is an awesome idea! My hubby's favorite candy is also skittles

And I had 4 kids before I turned 30! YES!

[lynn Crapo]

Happy Birthday Darren!

[allison]

I love that gift idea... I'll look forward to mine next year. Hint Hint.

And what is it with the Workman boys and skittles?? YUCK!

[Kathy Tanner]

Way to go! Very Creative!

Can you blog your bookshelves (behing your hubby in the one pic) Is it walpaper?

Genius. Just genius!