The happy birthday crowd. Mom and Dad Z came from Portland and Kristin, Maren, and Elaina were in the house as well. It was a Disney/Pixar Cars party, and W wanted to climb right into his Cars sleeping bag immediately after he opened it.
L made a wheat/dairy-free cake for W that was actually pretty rich, chocolatey, and tasty. W did well with the cake and worked hard to blow out his #5 candle. Then he pulled it out of the cake and started trying to eat it. He actually ate very little of the cake. Go figure. The present-opening went OK . . . he didn't run off crying, but he wasn't that stoked either. He did respond to some encouragement to open them. He later spent a whole lot of time today with the marble tower set and was identifying the states on the lid of the puzzle he got. He also had no trouble picking out the planets in his new books. The grandparents know this boy's interests!
E was very happy with the whole birthday thing and was later complaining that she's ready for her birthday RIGHT NOW!
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Happy Birthday W!
The pictures and your description of W's food and present reactions made me smile. Why is it the decorations on the cake are more 'tasty' to kids than the cake itself?
This post also reminded me of today as I was 'hanging' with my youngest in Primary. While we were singing a song, we were patting our knees twice and clapping twice to the beat of the song. W was doing it quite well and had a big smile on his face--he seemed to really enjoy that.
Cool! Thanks for the behind-the-scenes report from Primary. W really likes music.
Hooray for W! Wish we were closer to join in the fun! Maybe we can make big birthday #6!
Actually, yeah, that's right. You guys really could be on the correct coast by then. We'll plan on it!
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