The Season of the Eternal Birthday

If you haven't heard yet, Liam turned 7 this year. The official kick off of his birthday party started in late October and it seemed to never end. I do recall the birthing experience of this child and it lasted a while, but it was hours not weeks. However, now at age 7 we had a month of birthday fun including 3 parties and many gifts. (Sorry if he is behind on your thank you card, he is catching up). Thanks to all that made his birthday month a joy. It was fun, but I'm kind of glad it is all over. Here are some highlights:

Blowing out candles at the 2nd family birthday party.

Showing off one of his great gifts. He wants his name included to this poster some day.

Oh yes, the friend party!The reason I'm probably tired is that we saved the best (most work) for last. We invited 8 little first grade boys over for 3 hours of fun. It was just cold enough with just a dusting of snow, so that would equal cold, muddy boys. So we kept it inside. We started the party with Liam's requests of "board games" and Madlibs. Pictionary went okay, but we lost them at Outburst. No one liked the Madlibs but Liam. I ended up going upstairs and dragging down every bin of Lego's I could find. This entertained them for a half hour. I chose to have them decorate cupcakes (check off another half hour) and then they played a rousing game of hide and seek for the last half hour or so. I really wanted to count, but they wouldn't let me. I was thinking 1,000,000 was a good round number to count up to. The important things were that Liam was happy and they all left with a sugar rush. I guess it was a successful party.

Thanks again for anyone that helped make the the month of the birthday fun!!