Aftermath
Last week, The Boy turned 6. It was the best day of his life, until Saturday.
Just an old fashioned party. One kid for every year old. Have them over, feed them pizza and cake,
let them run around the house and rifle through the legos. Play a game or two, turn up the music if all else fails. Give them a balloon and some dinosaur cookies to go home with.
Eat remaining cake until you can't stand the sight of it anymore. Hope the left-over balloons will keep The Boy occupied for awhile,
So you can get back to seaming Arwen.
Nice pictures!
Am i mistaken -- or is THAT the sunroom?
;)
Posted by: sara l | January 29, 2008 at 10:13 AM
OMG !
How did i forget to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
;)
Posted by: sara l | January 29, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Happy Birthday to the (no so) little man.
Posted by: PumpkinMama | January 29, 2008 at 10:24 AM
My daughter turned six yesterday. The big party is this Saturday. This morning we experienced the big post birthday mood crash. We need to survive the week until the party!!! Happy birthday to your little guy!!
Posted by: Whitney | January 29, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Those are the best kind of birthday parties. Happy Birthday to your little man.
Posted by: Carole | January 29, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Happy Birthday to the Boy!
Posted by: Teresa C | January 29, 2008 at 10:36 AM
I desperately want a spoonful of blue frosting right now. Happy birthday, big 6 year old!
Posted by: Donna | January 29, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Happy birthday, dude. May your year be full of prehistoric creatures and whatever else floats the boat of a six year old these days. (And a big bravo to you for hosting a thoroughly age appropriate and low key birthday party. I bet everyone had more fun here than at some insanely overblown, overstimulating, overcommercialized, over-the-top bash.)
Posted by: Danielle | January 29, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Aw, what a sweetie - look at those eyelashes. And is that a dinosaur cake?!?
Happy birthday, hope it's a good year for him!
Posted by: June | January 29, 2008 at 11:05 AM
He's a looker, isn't he? With those red lips and dark eyelashes... :-)
So you're seaming Arwen? This means Impending FO Alert, doesn't it? I'll be watching this space...
Posted by: Beth S. | January 29, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Fun birthday party! I think I want an old fashioned birthday party like that!
Posted by: christie | January 29, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Looks like a great birthday! Of course it was dino-themed!
Posted by: Brooke | January 29, 2008 at 12:41 PM
"... now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever.
So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever."
Happy birthday to your clever boy!
Posted by: Ruth | January 29, 2008 at 01:14 PM
Happy Birthday Young Man..Now we are Six...my favorite book of poetry by A.A. Milne.
Seaming Arwen? I cannot wait to see the finished version. I hope you get enough time to finish soon!
Posted by: PICAdrienne | January 29, 2008 at 01:24 PM
That's a birthday party tutorial every parent should follow.
I tried to explain it to friends/family I was inviting over for my daughters' 5 yrs old BDParty.
Skeptical they were (sp?), but convinced nonetheless they had to admit afterwards.
Don't plan too much. Just Let. Them. Play. (and turn everything upside down for a few hours in doing so.) (and throw the balloons in garbage after a few months... LOL)
BTW , congrats for co-figuring out the lace pattern !
And a happy year ahead to your big boy !
Posted by: Manu | January 29, 2008 at 01:55 PM
Happy Birthday. We just celebrated James' 3rd. The balloons are hours of entertainment.
Posted by: Tonia | January 29, 2008 at 01:55 PM
Looks like he had a wonderful birthday! People sometimes forget that kids just like to play... they don't need their entire lives mapped out with planned entertainment. They find it wherever they are.
That said, my most memorable birthday parties were the one where we went to the local pizza parlor (age 8, my cake was yellow), and the one where we went to the beach (age 9, got a Cabbage Patch Doll with yellow hair).
Posted by: Marlena | January 29, 2008 at 04:14 PM
Happy birthday, dear Boy! (Can't wait to see Arwen.)
Posted by: Lucia | January 29, 2008 at 05:15 PM
Happy birthday, young man! And very very clever strategy on the seaming.
Posted by: Laurie | January 29, 2008 at 05:18 PM
Sounds like a good time to me!
Posted by: --Deb | January 29, 2008 at 05:59 PM
Happy belated birthday to The Boy! May six years of age be a wondrous and delightful age to be. (I'm having a Winnie the Pooh flashback....)
Arwen? Did you say Arwen? Oh yeah.
Posted by: Madge | January 29, 2008 at 06:31 PM
Dinosaur cake? I love dinosaur cake.
Posted by: Stephanie | January 29, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Congratulations to all of you - six is great, and the party sounds perfect!
Looking forward to Arwen pics.
Posted by: Pam | January 29, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Ooo, Arwen! And ooo, 6. Isn't this a fun age? Well, except for the smartypants factor. But even that is hilarious.
Posted by: liz | January 30, 2008 at 02:45 PM
happy birthday!!! I love your birthday plan! I need to try that at my guy's party in May!!
Posted by: Cathy | January 31, 2008 at 02:29 PM