Beck's 5th Birthday

 

 

Beck's birthday this year was so good.  I was worried he would be disappointed because he had some pretty high expecations for his bday.  He told me weeks before his birthday that on his birthday nobody was supposed to call him Beck we were all supposed to refer to him as "birthday boy".

 

We got up and opened presents and soon as he woke up and he kept saying THE CUTEST things while he opened them.  He kept sayings likes like "this is the best birthday of my whole life!" and "I don't even know how to thank you for this!"  Quinn gave him a pack of gum and he said "Aww come give me a hug" and then he went downstairs and got her one of his treasures to thank her for giving him a gift.  It was too cute!   We ended up getting him a game, weapons, and a bike from us and grandma Myrna and grandpa Doug, but he didn't want to ride his bike because he was worried the tires would get wet since it had rained the day before (he is totally his father's son).  He got "real tools" from my parents and couldn't have been more excited about that!

 

We had a big breakfast and he played with his toys for a bit and then my friend Kim said she would watch the little kids so I could take Beck out for lunch but Beck was really feeling the love and said he wanted to bring Quinn and Foster with us since Quinn had been so nice and gotten him a present.  So we went downtown and went to Kaleidoscope, and then went to the candy store, (I'm trying to forget that we spent $6 on like 4 gummy bears...he requested it and he was happy), then we went to sea life, and wrapped it all up by sharing mac and cheese at Panera Bread ( I couldnt afford to buy us all our own meals after the candy store robbed me like that!)  After that we headed to Beck's basketball practice and luckily Dane got home to see Beck and bring him more treats right before bedtime.

We had his birthday party a couple days later.  We had talked about what theme and who he wanted to invite over and over and he finally decided on Ninja Turtles.  I missed doing our combined birthday parties with Lily it wasn't the same this year!   This party was definitely low key I just did a couple simple games and cupcakes...but if I've learned anything from past birthday parties with 3-5 year old kids...its to keep it simple!

 

Beck is seriously the best boy ever,  he is so obedient, helpful, very sensitive, watches out for Quinn and Foster, and he is so so smart.  He's such an old soul I forget that he's only 5 sometimes.  I love my little buddy and he really is my buddy I love our conversations and how he is so curious about so many things that I swear most kids his age would never think about.  I love my boy so much!