Stories

Last month during breakfast Emeree said, "Mom, I'm going to tell you a story."  So I said, "Okay." Then she told me the cutest story, so I kept repeating it in my head until I found a piece of paper and a pen to write it all down.  Here it is...word for word.

"Once upon a time there was a king keeping a dragon.  The princess got stuck on a rope.  The end"

And then since he heard Emeree tell me a story, Ethan decided it was his turn.  Here is his cute story.

"Once upon a time, there was a king finding dinosaur bones.  And milk poured on the dinosaur bones.  They are wet now.  Then end."

Ethan is 5!!!

It's hard to believe it, but I have a 5 year-old...who starts kindergarten in the fall!!!

We had Ethan's birthday party the Saturday before his birthday, but I wanted to do a few fun things for him on his actual birthday. 

First, we tried a "balloon avalanche" where we strapped balloons against his bedroom door with streamers.  So when he opened his door, the balloons would fall in on him as a fun surprise.  I wish I had thought to take a video of his reaction.  Not at all like I had thought it would go.

The grumpy, confused look on his face was priceless.  And then he started crying and saying that he didn't want to be trapped in his room - I guess without all the balloons there, the streamers looked like we trapped him in.  So Emeree had to break them away to show him he wasn't trapped.  But it took about an hour to get him in a good mood.  Either he's just not a morning person, or he was too young to try this on.  Maybe if we do it for Emeree's next birthday and let him help us put it up on her door, he will understand the idea a little more and be more excited if we try it on him next year.

I made him a "5" cake - which is the 4th cake I have made in a week and a half - I am cake'd out!  I made it by cooking the cake in a 9x13 and then splitting it in half, stacking the 2 halves with frosting in between and cutting out a "5" using a paper stencil I made.  I was worried about the cake looking all mangled with that much cutting, but it cut super smooth and easy.  It was fun to make a number cake - that may just become a tradition to do on their birthday day.

Ethan's 5th Birthday Party

This was a fun and frustrating party to prepare for.  A fun theme, but several things were tricky to make or didn't turn out.

Ethan has been into Legos for about a year, but super into them since Christmas.  He will sit for over an hour, sometimes a few hours and put together, take apart, and put together again the kits he has.

I made a test run Lego head cake with fondant, but that turned out horrible, so I opted to make buttercream frosting and just smooth it out.  Way less frustrating.  And it still turned out cute.  I love how the lego sugar cookies turned out!  I spray painted a red vine container so he could use it to store his Legos in after the party. 

 

He received awesome birthday presents; here are a couple great shots of his enthusiasm.  I knew the magnifying glass would elicit some sort of reaction because we bought one for Grandpa Otto for Christmas that had an antler handle, and Ethan was not happy about giving that one away.

For some reason, Emeree only wanted to eat the blue lego cookies.  And her mouth was a very pretty blue.  When I tried to take a picture of her, she gave me the cutest scowl.