look who’s five!

so my mikey turned five earlier this month.  it turned into a bit of a marathon birthday as we celebrated over several days.  so like i wrote before, we let mikey open one of his presents on thursday evening since phil would be on call on friday (mikey’s actual birthday).  we then went out to dinner and let mikey choose the restaurant.  his choice?  bob’s big boy for spaghetti.  which he changed to mac n cheese once we got there.  he also got an ice cream sundae and three waiters came out to sing “happy birthday” to him.  the ice cream he loved.  the singing waiters he seemed unsure of.  though i think he did like the extra attention once he got over the surprise.

on friday, i made special treats for mikey’s class at preschool.  i wanted to do something different from cupcakes and so decided on…  beach cups!

i hid a few gummy sharks and fish in the “water” down below…

all finished and ready to go!  and praying they wouldn’t all tip over on the way to school!

i saved a beach cup for allie-girl to have once we returned home.  with a pink umbrella, of course.

mikey was all smiles when i picked him up and said everyone liked the treats.  especially the gummy bears.

and he asked if we could make more beach cups after lunch.  i had extras of everything and so that’s what we did!

afterward, there was a special package from grandma and grandpa waiting for him in the living room.  (btw, he kept his birthday hat on all that afternoon).

so excited about the star wars transformer he found inside.

excited about the star wars underwear that was also inside?  hmm, not so much.

the next evening daddy was able to rejoin the festivities, so we decorated cupcakes and sang “happy birthday” to mikey.  three times.  complete with candle relighting each time.  and threw in a couple “hb” songs for allie too, since she was starting to feel a little left out (apparently, her cupcake extravaganza lasted only so long in her memory…).

i’ll be back with pics from mikey’s party (held a couple days later) next!