I'm always catching up on laundry, paying bills, cleaning the kitchen and the floors.
So now is a short opportunity to catch up on some blogging. I'm starting out with Ryan's 7th birthday--which was in November......yes it's been a while.
This year for his birthday, Mike and I gave in and actually let him have a big party. Last year was his first in school, so he didn't really have a lot of friends. This year though he had a few more and wanted them to come. So.....we booked a party at Monkey Joe's inflatables over near us in the Hamburg area. I had tossed around the idea because it's a no mess, no fuss, pay and they do it all type of thing. As loud and annoying as the place can be, the kids really do get to expend some energy indoors which is soooooo needed as the weather cools off.
We went to church that morning and all went smoothly (for those of you who know us, it's not always the easiest). We had lunch out then headed to Monkey Joe's. As we arrived, they escorted us to our room, which had his name above it--he totally loved that.
The kids were allowed to play for about an hour before being called back to the room to sing happy birthday and have cake/ice cream. We only had about 6 friends that came, but really that's all he needed. He was super excited just to be the one that day :)
Of course, I made a cake....this was not my finest creation by far, but Ryan was happy and the kids found it interesting. I don't really enjoy using fondant, I would much rather use buttercream, but he wanted a volcano, so that's what he got.
All in all it was a great day. The kids ran off a LOT of energy and crashed once we were home. I'm sure this was definitely one of the moments of his life he will never forget.
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