Birthday Boy

It's happened, Johnny turned 5!

Our family came over to help us celebrate. He got "everything he ever wanted" for his birthday and is presently in toy heaven. He thanks me many times a day for his remote control truck (anyone want to take bets on how long it will last?) He loves his Lego's, they all drive or fly or have doors that open and close. He is lucky enough to have a sister who is willing and able to help him assemble them. He takes his Darth Vader Lego guy with him everywhere. He loves the guns that came with his G.I.Joe guys and is excited that the guys fit into the finger snowboard he got. He loves to wear his transformer watch around while he incessantly throws his retractable yo yo towards the ground. There are constant drops of water all over my floor from his color changing cars and Bumble Bee music and blast noises filling the air. He is trying his best to share all of his new found loves and he even used some of his birthday money his aunt gave him to buy Alex a little present. So thoughtful. He feels special right now, on top of the world, equal to Alex (which is a lot in his mind) I hope this feeling lasts for a very long time. He deserves it!

Also, I am not a fan of making cakes, so when Johnny started talking about what kind of cake he wanted, I knew I had to do something special with my cupcakes this year to make up for the fact that they aren't a cake. I had fun making these little Toy Story Alien cupcakes and he liked the sour candy ears and antenna. I was running around all day and once everyone was gone and the kids were in bed I went to work making crepes for Brad's Father's Day breakfast so he didn't miss out since we don't have a lot of time in the morning before church. We had a nice relaxing day together as a family on Father's Day, what more can you ask for?

Friday night was the Father/Son campout for our ward so Johnny got to spend some quality time with his Dad and wake up in a tent for his birthday. Alex and I took the opportunity to have a girl's night out. We used one of her Kid's meal coupons and went to Red Robin for dinner. They had a balloon guy there who made her a horse. And while other kids were choosing their favorite crazy colors for their animals, Alex wanted her's to look like a real horse and picked brown for her balloons and named her horse "Peanut Butter". Such the realist. And since it is summer and Alex's 16 inch bike was literally too small for her to ride and Johnny just learned to ride a two wheeler, we decided she needed a larger bike now and it couldn't wait for her birthday this December. Her criteria for her new bike was that it had a bag in front to hold things and streamers on the handle bars. So who's birthday is it? Really. She has no reason to complain.