Kaiden's birthday party was last Saturday (19th), and was a blast! It did wind up pouring for a little bit, right when we were opening presents too! But otherwise it was sunny and just wonderful, although pretty hot... We had a good turnout, Kaiden had a ton of fun! Really, the only downside was Zach cutting K's head off in some of the pictures.
Since it was so hot, we let him open his new sprinkler toy early. Mom has one at her house, and all the kids love it. I don't know what it is, but every time he gets into a sprinkler, he ALWAYS has to stick his tongue out!
Next up was a nice music/percussion set Kim gave him. She had to leave early, so we wanted to get it open while she was still there.
When he first saw what it was:
And playing drums
I think this has to be his favorite gift out of all the small ones he got! He LOVES this thing! He helped pick it out in the store, and thankfully forgot all about it by the time his party rolled around. I love his expression in this pic.
He also got a bunch of Matchbox cars, and some coloring/drawing stuff. I was VERY pleased with his gifts! He certainly loves them too! I don't think there's a single thing he hasn't played with.
We had to rescue the pinata from the rain at one point, but then after we were finished with gifts, it stopped raining and all the kids got to try and break it. The party was a tractor theme, since it's one of his hugely favorite things right now. I couldn't find a tractor pinata though, so we went with a cow instead, his next favorite thing. That thing was hard to bust too! Even with the teenagers going at it, everyone got two rounds in before it actually busted open!
Last but not least... The cake that almost wasn't! Thank goodness they were able to get this thing made Saturday morning! I don't know WHAT we'd have done otherwise! (The store lost power Friday due to some bad storms, and originally wasn't going to have it back until Sat afternoon)
He also got an art easel and a table and chair set this week, and will be getting a toy kitchen as soon as we actually order it. He really loves drawing, so the easel was a must. I honestly can't believe HOW much he loves it though! The first night, he was playing on the chalkboard for at *least* an hour. Trying to get him to bed, I asked if he wanted milk, and he actually said NO! (Those that know him well, you know how much he likes his milk! lol) Then when we finally got to bed, he had to wave ni-night to the easel. The table is great too - now he has somewhere to do his puzzles!
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