Birthday Boy

Little Mister planned his own 9th birthday party.  He sent notes home with a few classmates the week before the big day.

At a ward party a few days before his birthday, one of the boys mom’s was asking me about the party her son had been invited to.  She said when she saw the handwritten note in pencil, scratched out on a torn piece of notebook paper, she questioned it.  That’s when I found out what Little Mister had done.  He made the plan and invited his friends…but mom didn’t know anything about it.   We had a pretty good laugh about it.

Mom to Little Mister:  Did you have something you wanted to tell me about notes you sent home with your friends?

Little Mister:  I was going to tell you.

Mom:  When

Little Mister:  Well, I was going to tell you.

Mom:  Did you invite your friends to a birthday party?

Little Mister:  Yes.

Mom:  You know, parties generally go a little better when your mom is involved.  Like maybe mom could provide a cake and ice cream or help plan the activities,  make cool looking birthday invitations, or even have balloons and prizes.  Mom’s can really help do a lot of fun things at a birthday party.

Little Mister:  But I was going to tell you.

Mom:  When?

Little Mister:  I don’t know, but can we still have the party?

We went ahead with the party and I called the mom’s to let them know what happened and that the notes were real.  There was going to be a party.  It turned out to be really easy and Little Mister was super excited.

His friends came over after school and they played with the hose, slide, swing, basketball, etc. for a good 1 1/2 hours.  Then we had cake, ice cream and opened gifts.  It started to rain just as the party was ending.  Perfect timing.

Little Mister decorated his own cake.  Hey…it’s what he wanted and he was happy!

Little Miss and our next door neighbor filled the ice chest with water and tried to dump it on the boys.  They never got a very good shot because the boys would flip it up on the girls first. 

Run!  Faster….Faster.

She just got dumped on!  Paybacks!!

Overall, Little Mister really enjoyed his party and his gifts.  I am so glad that he has made so many new friends.  He said he wished he would have invited more boys.  Mom told him that next time he should fill her in on what was being planned and maybe she could help him have an even “funner” party!

On a side note, one of the boys he invited to his party is having his own birthday party this Friday.  They are picking the boys up from school in a LIMO and taking them to see Spy Kids in 4D.  A LIMO!  Turns out that the dad owns the limo as his part of his business.   Little Mister is so excited.

Now, we just have to plan something for Little Miss who’s birthday is next week.  Hope she doesn’t feel the need to plan it herself without her parents knowing about it!

We are also so happy to have Big Mister’s mom here with us.  She came just before Little Mister’s birthday and is staying until after Little Misses birthday.  We have had so much fun showing her Salt Lake City!  (right now she is up in Centerville Utah spending four days with her brother).

Trying to catch up……….