Anden's SIX!

August 28, 2012

My firstborn turns SIX years old!

How did this happen??!

He was MORE than ready to join his fellow 6 yr old friends.

Oddly he slept in that morning!

So me and Taylee had to sneak in and wake him up!

The Birthday Fairy comes every year and puts streamers up on the bedroom door
and downstairs!

So we was thrilled to see that first!

We hurried and got dressed for school.

So we could spend the rest of the time opening presents!

Even Grandma Furniss joined in the "Mario" birthday theme

and mailed him this hit of a gift!

If you notice,

Anden has now received lots of Nintendo 3DS accessories...

so of course he was begging for his final present.

In order to extend the excitement,

I sent him on a treasure hunt with clues to the final gift!

After the kids raced all over the house to get the next clue,

we finally ended at

"A place that has fire contains a mystery box on top"

(fireplace..for those slow ones out there! lol)

I had used this box for decoration for his party.

So I slit it open from the bottom afterwards and hid the coveted DS inside.

Anden knew exactly what Mario does to mystery boxes

 and tried to head butt the box! lol

We told him to punch the box instead!

And the "mystery" gift

(that he knew EXACTLY what it was!)

came out!

This was a big stretch for me.

I'm not a fan of video games and how it sucks the brains out of kids.

But he literally has begged for it for 6 mos.

It's the only thing in his puny little life that he's had to wait for.

And somehow every single stinking kid he knows has one!

Seriously?!

Since when did it become standard for a 3+ yr old

 to own their own $200 game system?!?!

But he patiently waited for 6 mos and watched all of his friends play theirs.

So I figured that he had learned his "life lesson" on this one.

And he was rewarded for his patience!

So we hurried and ate breakfast

then headed to school with our class treats in tow!

He selected "Ding Dongs" for his class. lol

Which of course I had to add a custom label to each.

(I know, I'm overboard! lol)

After school, we headed straight to

(yes with all my planning I left my nice camera in my car and we rode with Holly! ugh)

The kids had an

ABSOLUTE BLAST!

The sweat pouring down their bodies to go along with their new bruises and scrapes

proved their love of Jumpstreet!

Anden said his favorite part was the maze.

They had a monitor on the outside where you could watch your kids

aimlessly wander in circles and panic.

Good times! lol

(Anden & Will in lower corner)

Is that bad I took a picture before I went in and rescued them?

What an action packed day!

That's how we roll in our family!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!!