Well, Xander turned 6! He's been talking about it for quite a while, and it finally happened.
This year we decided (read: I kind of talked him into) not to have a big party, but to have several smaller celebrations. As it turned out Faron was in Germany on Xander's birthay birthday, so that ended up being a pretty good plan. We had his birthday dinner out at his choice restaurant (Red Robin) the week before, and then on the morning of the day we were taking Papa to the airport we did his big birthday present, which was a newly redone bedroom!
We had kicked him out of his bedroom for the 2 days before this, but I still think it was a total surprise, the redo wasn't anything that ever crossed his mind. Really, I think he though I just had his presents hidden in his room for some reason. :)
So on Saturday morning we lead him up to his room (eyes closed of course)
When he walked in he did a quick scan of the room and discovered it to be a new star wars room. I had 2 wrapped presents sitting on his bed, so he went for those first. I was kind of afraid that a newly decorated room might not be too exciting for him. I knew he would like it in the long run, but wasn't sure about the wow factor. He was pretty wow though.
In his presents he found this Yoda
and an (original) star wars bed spread.
In his presents he found this Yoda
and an (original) star wars bed spread.
He went around the room admiring all the pictures I had framed up from calendars.
My favorite part, and I think his too, was the toy box. I took it from a white Winnie the Pooh toy box to this.
Fun fun birthday-ness!
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