We were finally able to get Christopher's birthday party in last Saturday. We invited friends and family, opting for the less stress avenue rather than bringing in friends from school. We'll probably do something like that next year, but, for this year, we decided to keep it small. So, we cooked up some meatballs, baked ziti, attempted slow-cooked pulled pork, and prepped up a rainbow fruit tray (well, it was intended to be a rainbow fruit tray, but we couldn't find good blueberries and finding a different
blue fruit proved to be very difficult). We also ordered up some chicken wings from a local joint. And the party was on!
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Christopher and guests all had a good time playing outside. We were
expecting rain as there was a 60% chance, but it held off until around
8:30 or 9:00...which was great. All the kids got some quality outside
play time, which equates to quality
"go-to-bed-early-and-sleep-through-the-night-time." They played some
soccer (Christopher got ANOTHER soccer ball...he was completely elated
at the fact that he has 2 soccer balls now! He kicks both around the
yard frequently, switching off between dribbling and goal exercises)
into his new soccer net (very cool), some baseball (until the baseball
was hit over the neighbors fence...womp-womp-wah), some basketball,
football, just randomly ran around (my favorite of all the playtime
activities), and threw a frisbee....until Matthew got his nose bloodied
by it! (complete accident, and he was fine after some coddling and a
juice). After the rain, many of the kids left us adults to party, and
that we did for a few more hours..singing and dancing....a real gala
affair. We allowed Christopher to stay up until around 10:30 or 10:45,
where he and his friend "Girl Charlee", as he calls her, danced the
night away...until Christopher started to get a bit out of control and
was seen fighting nodding off during a time out (yes, time outs even on
your birthday in the Kane house!) He had a blast...even talked about it
the next morning! Happy 4th b-day, X-man!
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Christopher and guests all had a good time playing outside. We were
expecting rain as there was a 60% chance, but it held off until around
8:30 or 9:00...which was great. All the kids got some quality outside
play time, which equates to quality
"go-to-bed-early-and-sleep-through-the-night-time." They played some
soccer (Christopher got ANOTHER soccer ball...he was completely elated
at the fact that he has 2 soccer balls now! He kicks both around the
yard frequently, switching off between dribbling and goal exercises)
into his new soccer net (very cool), some baseball (until the baseball
was hit over the neighbors fence...womp-womp-wah), some basketball,
football, just randomly ran around (my favorite of all the playtime
activities), and threw a frisbee....until Matthew got his nose bloodied
by it! (complete accident, and he was fine after some coddling and a
juice). After the rain, many of the kids left us adults to party, and
that we did for a few more hours..singing and dancing....a real gala
affair. We allowed Christopher to stay up until around 10:30 or 10:45,
where he and his friend "Girl Charlee", as he calls her, danced the
night away...until Christopher started to get a bit out of control and
was seen fighting nodding off during a time out (yes, time outs even on
your birthday in the Kane house!) He had a blast...even talked about it
the next morning! Happy 4th b-day, X-man!
Brilliant job on the Cars cake, guys! It looks incredible! And I know from experience that those little star dollops take forever to apply, so it must have been a serious time commitment as well. I'm very impressed. I'm also impressed by the awesome food spread you provided and how much fun the boys are having (even if a time out was required at one point). Seriously, just look at Christopher's face while he's dancing. I bet it was his happiest birthday yet! You guys rock.
ReplyDeleteThanks...he did have a good time...and that's what it's all about, right?
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