Our little man turned five on February 27! How fast the time flies…
We decided not to have a party this year, but instead celebrated in different ways all week. He loved it! I’m pretty sure he is going to expect this every year now. Oops!
We started out the week with a trip to the movies to see The Lego Movie. It’s one of our favorite family activities (the movies, not the Legos) and the movie was pretty cute.
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| At the movies |
Since James only goes to preschool on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, his school party was the day before his birthday. It is customary to bring some kind of treat to share with the class and James chose chocolate-covered donuts with sprinkles. Since I didn’t figure donuts would survive well in plastic baggies, I got some little boxes and used some pirate bits left over from last year’s festivities.
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| I used a stamp on the box and wrote a little note about “donut treasure” inside. |
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| James and his teacher, Ms. Flack |
We had our little family party on Wednesday night as well, due to what James wanted to do on his actual birthday. You have to keep reading to know what that is. No one will be surprised to hear that James had very strong opinions on everything his cake. He requested a white cake with chocolate brown frosting on the outside and pink frosting on the inside. Not the prettiest thing, but it tasted pretty good.
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| Wonder what he wished for… |
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| Delicious! |
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| A new book from Mom and Dad |
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| Trying on his very own hooded shark towel |
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| A sweet snuggle from my big boy. Love him!! |
Thursday finally arrived and he was officially 5! I’m pretty sure he told every person we encountered, whether they wanted to know or not. He got a special donut for breakfast and lots of balloons to play with, courtesy of Mom. Just after lunch, his little friend, Mirai, came over to play. Once it was close to the time Chris got off work, the real activity commenced. James insisted on spending his birthday at
Classic Fun Center (I was convinced it was a portal to hell, but I
really love him so I went.) We met Chris there and James and Mirai got to playing. There were two main activities that they did that night, the jungle area and the bounce house area so it was basically 2 hours of running and jumping. They had a fantastic time! Dinner from Chick-Fil-A on the way home completed the night. He informed me later it was “the best birthday ever” so I suppose it was worth it.
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| The elusive kids were briefly spotted in the jungle habitat. |
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Weird faces achieved when you ask them to stop running and jumping
just long enough to take a picture. |
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| Birthday family picture |
Friday night we had a birthday dinner with some wonderful friends at Carrabba’s, which was James’ restaurant choice. I, unfortunately, did not get any pictures, so you’ll just have to trust me that it was a good time.
The rest of the week was spent opening presents that arrived and playing with all his new goodies. Thank you so much to all of you that sent cards, presents, and phoned. We love and appreciate all of your birthday wishes!
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| He actually reads the directions and builds the Legos himself now. |
Chris and James closed out birthday week on Sunday with a great day of skiing together.
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| Daddy and James hitting the slopes! |
Happy Birthday to our amazing boy who makes everything better just by being part of our family! We love you more than we could express, even with a week of fun activities and treats.
