Baylor lasted in Meme's bed until around 2:30 am when I ran up to our bed to cuddle until morning. When he woke up he asked if I could sing Happy Birthday to him and of course I did. He was up early and since I had not slept well, I was a slow starter. Being his birthday I let him pick what he wanted for breakfast. He asked for one of the small white cakes I had made to go with the chocolate cake. Not everyone likes chocolate so I had some white cupcakes and used one of the small round cakes for the mound on the birthday cake. Of course there was a candle and of course there was singing. It is good to be six and made to feel special so early on your birthday.
While we were waiting for my parents to arrive we looked through the photos of the day he was born, telling him about everything. We saw photos of our tiny baby who has grown into a fun little boy. I think he liked see the photos and hearing the stories. When Grandma and Buddy arrived around noon it was finally time to open some gifts. We opened Meme and Pap's first. They bought him a motorcycle toy, a Spiderman puzzle and Spiderman glow stick wand.
Grandma and Buddy bought him a new Spiderman backpack, How to Train Your Dragon II (which Gloria rented and we had watched on Friday and I cried during a sad part. Baylor was there to comfort me), a cup with a B on it and some Jelly Belly jelly beans. He was pretty excited about everything.
Pap handed him some pocket money. The boy has way more money than I do.
Then it was time for hugs and thank yous. It is hard to make them grateful and thankful but very important.
Fianaly from Momma and me, Planes: Fire and Rescue and Hulk Hands.
I forgot to get a photo of both Meme and Pap with Baylor as it was time to get going. We had to pick up balloons on the way and then set up for the party. The Brown's arrived at the same time to give us a hand setting up. Many hands make light work is very true and I was thankful for their help. The cake survived the trip with only a few broken leaves which I don't think anyone noticed.
The girls placed the cupcakes around the cake and helped with the candles.
Having it at the bowling alley set up was simple and easy. Three tablecloths. party noise makers, plates, forks, napkins and snacks: cheese puffs, veggies chips, and grapes.
And a felt banner I found at the Goodwill, in an unopened Target brand packaging. It seems they give their unsold clearance items to the Goodwill and I was happy with my find.
The kids started piling in and the bowling began. We had three lanes but ended up using only two. Thankfully some of the dads helped setting up the names on the scoreboards. I hung out at the door to wait for the kids as they arrived and Gloria worked on the food others for the kids.
The Brown's and the Hazel kids took lane one. Cullen was set up on lane two for when he arrived a bit later.
Caden, Ryder, Zayden, Landon, Kyle, and Baylor were on lane three. And they were a crazy bunch. But well behaved in their craziness.
Zayen was the apparent pro bowler. He was good on his own turn and helped the boys on their's. He ended up with high score at the end.
Ms Terri brought him a stuffed moose/reindeer which became the target of their games. Hopefully he will not shed as much as Harry the monkey does!
Meme and Pap sat in the back along with my parents and Heather. Gloria was there most of the time talking to Terri and her other co-worker whose name I have forgotten but he is Kyle's grandpa.
Baylor usually used the orange ball and did pretty good all in all.
Around 3:15 we went into the party room and took a few photos. There is that kindergarten smile!
Since the food was running behind we hit the gifts first, which was just fine with Baylor.
He received a lot of nice gifts that he was very excited about. And around the time the food arrived Kartikey arrived as well. His mom said he was not feeling well that day but they wanted to make it. Baylor was very excited to see him there and they were beside each other for the rest of the party.
After the food we hit the cake as it was getting towards the end of the party. Heather took over the camera for me so I could focus on Baylor and the candles.
She was taking a photo of the three of us and Kartikey was still talking to Baylor so we pulled him over to join us.
And then we rounded up the troops for a group shot: Brigid, Connor, Cullen and Lochlan, Vanessa and Natalie, Caden, Kyle, Ryder, Landon, Caden, Baylor and Kartikey.
The kids were really good about not blowing out the candles for Baylor and I had the kind that relight which is always fun!
I hacked into the cake as the fondant made it tough to cut through. But it tasted good and the kids liked eating leaves!
I remembered his plate this year and only managed to snap one shot as I was busy serving cake. The kids seemed like they had a good time and when it was all over, we bundled up the trash in the table clothes and tossed them. Several of the parents helped bag up the rest of the goods and we were cleaned up in about as much time as it took to set up. Since Kartikey missed the bowling I talked to his mom taking them out somewhere on a play date.
Baylor held a Lego Batman set the whole way home talking about it and what I was going to build first. We quickly unpacked, sent some cake over to the neighbors as they had to leave early, and I sat down to put together the flying batmobile. We opened pretty much everything else after the Legos were done and had fun seeing everything again, He had a bath, eat some ham and cheese and chocolate mike and crashed on the couch. It was a wonderful day and I feel truly blessed to be his mom.
