The birthday, part 1

So it's been over a week, but I've been sick the whole time since then, so I'm a little behind. The title says part one because we are celebrating with Grammy & Pops in Boise this weekend. The birthday boy turned 5 successfully and was very happy all day. It started out at 8am with Aunt Whitney taking him to his restaurant of choice for breakfast; Cracker Barrel! He not only got a delicious breakfast complete with SODA to drink, he got to pick out a present at the gift shop there. He chose a pirate gun that shot nerf darts. HUGE shocker there!



After breakfast, he helped finish up decorating his light saber cake with some yellow stars. Then it was time to drop off the brothers at a neighbor's and he and I headed to Kindergarten Round-up, where he got to go into the classroom with one of his friends from the neighborhood to hear a story and do a craft. He is super excited about going to Kindergarten now.



After a bit of dart shooting and some lunch, he went to preschool where he was the King for the Day. He really enjoyed sharing fruit snacks and m&m's with his class. At the end of school, I brought a poster he and I had put together and we got to tell all about him. He LOVED the attention but acted shy.

After a few minutes at home, Grandma got off work and came over. We went to Boondocks, one of his favorite fun-center type places, where they give you a free unlimited pass on your birthday. He played in the kiddie cove, enjoyed the arcade (he's good- he won 3 big candy bars on 1 game!) and mini-golfed in the wind/rain with Grandma and M. Daddy joined us after work and a fun time was had by all.




Dinner was next- pizza and salad and a lot of grownups who love him. Presents and cake followed and he was a very happy boy.








He has had a TON of fun playing with them, and keeps asking me to take pictures of the creations he makes with the block set we got him. It's pretty cute watching him concentrate so hard to build things.