Birthday Dude

My biggest man is now five! I still can't get over it! He loves birthdays and presents and gets really excited about holidays in general. (I have to throw in our birthday formula. As our kids have gotten older, and we have had more, we have discovered that the best way for us to execute birthdays with friends is for the kids to choose two or three friends, choose an activity, and then we pick up the friends and take them to lunch, the activity, have cake and go home. It's a win win for everyone. The parents don't have to reschedule their entire weekend for our kids, our kids still have their party with their friends, and we are not out a big chunk of change for a large party. Gibson and his friends are not quite old enough for that formula yet.) He has been wanting a beach birthday party, but unfortunately, it is supposed to rain the entire weekend. He was really wanting a party with all of his friends at the house or... anywhere. This year we decided to do a little party for him at school with his friends. Anyway, the night before his party I was giving him his bath and he started in about the beach party again.

g: "Mom, are we having a beach party tomorrow?"

m: "No buddy, it's supposed to rain all weekend."

g: "So, are all of my friends coming to my house on Saturday for my party?"

m: "No, remember, we are doing your party at school with pizza and cupcakes."

g: "So, then are we inviting my friends to the house for my party on Saturday?"

m: "No, we are having a pizza party with your friends at school tomorrow."

Then he looked at me like I must be the densest mother on the face of the planet and said very slowly, "Are we IN-VITE-ING my friends to MY house on Saturday for my party?!" I swear that he would have spelled it if he wasn't just in pre-k! Regardless of our conversation, he still had a good time with his party at school.

He got to wear the special "Birthday Dude" hat.

In his class, you have special "birthday duties." He got to hand out all of the napkins for his friends.

Everyone sang "Happy Birthday." Unlike his father, who hates when people sing to him, Gibson was basking in the glory!

Mrs. Borg had a special birthday present from all of his friends in his class and he got to open it while they were in circle time.

He really enjoyed his new puppy and book! We have already read the book a couple of times. Who needs the beach when you've got rockin' times like these?!