Last Sunday was Andrew's fifth birthday. He loves to go bowling, so we thought we'd take him the Saturday before.
At the last minute, we turned it into a seudo-birthday party for him. And, when I say last minute, I really mean last minute. I called his friend's moms on Tuesday or Wednesday before and invited them. I wasn't planning on doing a real party, I was just planning on Andrew's friends coming bowling with us, but it turned into a party anyway. The boys had a blast and they were really well behaved.
I didn't want to do a birthday cake, so instead of party favors and cake and ice cream I made some bowling pin and bowling ball cookies.
Then, I put three pin cookies and a ball cookie in birthday party favor bags and tied them up. Each of Andrew's friends got to take the cookies home. And, it was really funny because one of the boys took a bite of one of his cookies, then gave them back and said that he can't have them because they'll put a hole in his teeth.
On Sunday, we celebrated Andrew's birthday as a family. I was not in the mood to decorate or make a spiderman cake (which is what Andrew wanted), so he just got a plain old chocolate cake. I know, I'm boring.
And, one of the funny things that happened when he opened his presents occurred when Jon brought out Andrew's birthday bike. Jon put it together the night before and after Andrew had opened all his other presents Jon "rode" his bike into the living room. Andrew just looked at him. He didn't say a thing, he didn't get up off the couch, didn't even really look at Jon on the bike. He just glanced at it, then went back to looking at his other presents. It was hilarious!
He's such a sweet little boy. He definitely has his moments when I just want to pull out my hair (like when he is so stubborn!), but he has a very affectionate heart. When his Nana got here, Andrew just wanted to hug and hold her and be on her lap. And, he's always so sweet with Maryanne, holding her a lot and wanting to hug and kiss her every night before bed. I can't believe he is five-years-old already. So, here are five of Andrew's favorites:
1. Favorite thing to do: Playing with my friends.
2. Favorite dinner: Spaghetti.
3. Favorite toy: Bumblebee.
4. Favorite things about Daddy and Mama: Playing with you.
5. Favorite thing about his siblings: That they are nice to me.
At the last minute, we turned it into a seudo-birthday party for him. And, when I say last minute, I really mean last minute. I called his friend's moms on Tuesday or Wednesday before and invited them. I wasn't planning on doing a real party, I was just planning on Andrew's friends coming bowling with us, but it turned into a party anyway. The boys had a blast and they were really well behaved.
Then, I put three pin cookies and a ball cookie in birthday party favor bags and tied them up. Each of Andrew's friends got to take the cookies home. And, it was really funny because one of the boys took a bite of one of his cookies, then gave them back and said that he can't have them because they'll put a hole in his teeth.
On Sunday, we celebrated Andrew's birthday as a family. I was not in the mood to decorate or make a spiderman cake (which is what Andrew wanted), so he just got a plain old chocolate cake. I know, I'm boring.
And, one of the funny things that happened when he opened his presents occurred when Jon brought out Andrew's birthday bike. Jon put it together the night before and after Andrew had opened all his other presents Jon "rode" his bike into the living room. Andrew just looked at him. He didn't say a thing, he didn't get up off the couch, didn't even really look at Jon on the bike. He just glanced at it, then went back to looking at his other presents. It was hilarious!
He's such a sweet little boy. He definitely has his moments when I just want to pull out my hair (like when he is so stubborn!), but he has a very affectionate heart. When his Nana got here, Andrew just wanted to hug and hold her and be on her lap. And, he's always so sweet with Maryanne, holding her a lot and wanting to hug and kiss her every night before bed. I can't believe he is five-years-old already. So, here are five of Andrew's favorites:
1. Favorite thing to do: Playing with my friends.
2. Favorite dinner: Spaghetti.
3. Favorite toy: Bumblebee.
4. Favorite things about Daddy and Mama: Playing with you.
5. Favorite thing about his siblings: That they are nice to me.
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