Happy 6th Birthday!

Yesterday we celebrated my oldest son's birthday! I can't believe it's been 6 yrs since we had our first little boy. I'm so proud of the way he is growing up. He's smart as a whip, funny and all around a good kid. We had quite the busy day even without a party (we had his party last weekend). Try to keep up - warning -this is a longer than normal post!

Upon his request, W had a coconut cake made by yours truly.

We celebrated W's birthday last Sat with his ninja birthday party at his taekwondo school. We had about 14 kids come (thank goodness it wasn't at my house!). W's choice in friends is excellent. He made out the guest list and honestly, it was the best behaved bunch of 6 yr olds I've been around. The school did an excellent job on the party. They are so GREAT with the kids. One thing they let W do was break a board. Now, W has been in tkd for almost a year and they only practice with plastic serrated boards in class. This was a real board! AND he broke it! You should have seen his face. He was like that kid in the commercial dressed like Darth Vader and starts the car with the force. He was in awe of his hand afterward. He couldn't believe his hand broke that board. Didn't get a picture of his face because I think we were all in shock. However you will see the board in the picture before and after the break as well as the action shot of breaking it. Enjoy the slideshow - there were just too many pictures to include.

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We started the birthday morning with pancakes and opening up a few gifts. Notice the bed head??

We had our bud, Connor, over to help sing and eat some of our coconut cake.

We ventured to the movies to see Kung Fu Panda 2 (which I felt was better than the first) Great movie. Even C did pretty good for a not quite 2 yr old at the movies.

After our movie and cake, we all went as a family to a 4 mile race. I had entered to run the race but S and the three boys did the 1 mile fun run. W was SO excited to be in a race. My last race he kept asking when he would get to run. This, being on his birthday, was the perfect time to enter him. It was called the Twilight Festival and it was quite a party. They had all kinds of things for kids to do - moonbounces, face painting, balloons, ice cream, food....

S said W should have signed up for the 4 miler. He said that boy took off and didn't slow down till the finish line. We may have a track star on our hands. I, on the other hand, finished the 4 miler in about 39 min and was very proud of myself for not stopping to walk. I ran the entire thing. My knees are killing me today! HA! Anyway, W had the best time and what better way to end a birthday???

Happy Birthday W! Love you to pieces!