Levi and Carlos’ birthday party is scheduled for this Saturday. Usually I’m all about a theme, crafts, activities and all and invitations are sent out well in advance. This year, I have no idea where time went. Invitations went out on Monday (5 days notice is good, right?) and last night we figured out the theme. A trip to Party City and Levi wanted a Spiderman theme, and Carlos wanted a Batman theme so we’re doing a combo party. Dee ordered the cake today, 1/2 Spiderman and 1/2 Batman and we’ll decorate a table for each boy. It’s going to be fun.
So the trip to Party City was a chore in itself, trying to contain 3 boys in a store with nothing but cool stuff is tough. We got the things we needed, plus a bunch of Superman stuff (on clearance!) for Trey’s upcoming birthday.
Dee treated us to dinner at Applebees, where one boy (who shall remain nameless) proclaimed, “Oh dear, look what I found in my pocket” as he produced a little notebook that he had stolen from Party City. We knew what we had to do, had a discussion with all the boys about taking things without paying for them, etc and after dinner we headed back to Party City. I took “sticky fingers” into the store, and waited our turn in line. The cashier was all of 12 years old and he grinned at her, handed her the notebook and said “sorry I took this” and she smiled back and him and said “you are so cute, it’s ok” So much for a lesson learned.

Some pictures of Levi’s birthday…he had a great day with Nana (what fun!). For his birthday dinner he chose hamburgers and hot dogs, Cheetos (a rare treat) and cake. Dee also grabbed a pineapple, Levi’s absolute favorite fruit. Mary and Alice joined us for dinner and cake, too. I love the picture of Levi about to get his Spiderman cake. We were singing and all and his grin couldn’t have been bigger. He got lots of cool presents, a new stuffed animal, a Transformer, a submarine, a REAL watch and a bunch of Spiderman stuff. Levi was so appreciative and excited for each gift, I think 6 is going to be a wonderful year for him.

As you can see from the last picture, it was tough for Carlos to have Levi opening all the presents. Cute picture, though and his birthday is in a couple weeks.

Happy birthday, Levi!

Happy 6th birthday to our sweet, sweet little guy!

Yesterday was crazy busy…and today’s not looking much calmer! We got Levi’s class cupcakes made, no he’s not all that into frogs but they were cute and easy and he really liked them. After we dropped the cupcakes and Levi & Trey at school, Carlos and I went over to Island School to watch Alice in a play. She was fantastic, the play was super sweet, the songs were catchy and Carlos and I both loved it. Levi got to go with Mary that night to see it, after swimming, and he loved it, too. Good job Island Schoolers.
In between Levi/Trey and Carlos’ preschool classes we stopped in at Kidimu (the local Kid’s Museum) to play for a bit. The boys immediately dressed up and got to playing. There were no other kids there so they had the full run of the place. We might do that more often!
It was also bike helmet fitting and sale at our pediatrician’s office and Nana bought the boys each a new helmet (to go along with scooters they will be getting as gifts for their birthdays). Poor Carlos has a mini head and had to get the toddler helmet while the other boys got cool bike helmets, but he took it well and they all now have snug fitting helmets that will keep them safe.