We've decided not to do birthday parties anymore. Instead we let the kids choose 1 friend and then we go anywhere that they choose. James chose his best friend Katherine and we went to see the Earth Day movie, Oceans, on Thursday night. It was PHENOMENAL! The kids loved it as much as I did. Go out and see it if you get the chance.
So, today was just family day.
We always have the kids presents waiting for them at their spot at the kitchen table on their actual birthday. James was thrilled with all of his gifts. He got Moon Sand, Bendaroos and a mini bowling game.
James had requested pancakes for breakfast so he was served that on the "special plate." You'll see a picture of it at the end of the post.
I had a gift certificate to Echter's Nursery so we headed on over there after breakfast. We try to do our planting on Earth Day but since we went to see the movie this year we used this morning to get that done. James got a huge tomato plant, Jagger got a strawberry Topsy Turvy and Kaylee bought some little flowers to plant in soup cans for a project she is doing at school.
We are having a birthday cake with our small group friends tomorrow and I didn't want to make 2 cakes. So we went somewhere super special instead...Big Fat Cupcake! It was DELICIOUS!! The cupcakes were super yummy and so big that none of us could finish ours. James chose chocolate with chocolate icing. The rest of us got something called "Everything." They were a chocolate cupcakes with icing and then everything thrown into the icing: kit kats, hershey bars, peanut butter cups, crushed heath bars....OH MY!! Sadly I forgot my camera!! I have some pics on my phone but have no idea how to get them onto my computer...SOO SAD! It was a really fun experience and we all really enjoyed singing happy birthday to James in such a super cool place!
At my kid's elementary school they were holding a County Fair today to raise money for the PTO. We went there from 2-4 and ate more junk food, played games, jumped in bouncy houses and hung out with lots of fun friends.
James decided he absolutely wanted to go out for dinner tonight. So much so that he was willing to spend some of his own money. So...off to MacDonald's we went. I can't remember the last time we ate this much junk food in one day! It was yummy and disgusting and made my James very happy so it was totally worth it!
The boys have just finished their baths and are running around playing with toys right now. Kaylee is vegging in front of the tv. Jimmy is gone to work. And I'm doing everything I can to stay awake! EXHAUSTED!!
What a fun day! Happy Birthday to my most favorite 7 year old in the whole wide world!!
Enjoy the pictures...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET JAMES! We marked it on our calendar to call you yesterday AND today and what a crazy weekend it has been! We love you so much and hope your birthday rocked as much as you do!
XOXO
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