So once JL was home we packed up the boys and did birthday dinner. Originally NHL had requested going to Moe’s. Then suddenly he opted for something else. He selected Wendy’s. Strange request, but we said okay. So we went to Wendy’s. Upon arriving in the parking lot I noted a 57 passenger bus parked outside and nothing else. NEVER a good sign. So the other people that pulled in at the same time as us went in and came flying out and got back in their car and went to the drive thru. I had JL and NHL go to look before I took JSL out of the car. Sure enough half of the seats were taken and about 30 additional people were still waiting on line to order food.

UGH!

So we piled into the car and went to order at the drive thru. We were lucky and it didn’t take us much to order our bargain dinner. We spent $6.31 including tax for 3 of us to eat. The food went with us to my parents house and we ate.

After dinner while waiting for H & J to come over we opened the presents from Nana and Papa. Here are some photos from that time:

The birthday “crown” from Nana & Papa

Lots of things to open

Balloons from Nana and Papa

All smiles thanks to a Spiderman Card

Shake N’ Go Airplane

USA Puzzle

Check out this reaction!

Yum! Chocolate sport balls

Meanwhile JSL is busy doing his favorite hobby – fist sucking!

Cars sheets

And last but not least was a coloring book and here’s the activity book. Perfect for Mommy and NHL to work on these few weeks while home before starting PreK.

At about this time H & J arrived. NHL was so happy to see them. He immediately dug into his present from them (being nice and not blogging the photo of H wearing NHL’s B-day crown).

A gorgeous Cars backpack that had a lunch bag that attached to it. The colors were amazing. I really hope H & J know it was a great gift and understood the 4 year olds reaction to jump on to cake and toys.

Next it was time to dig into the cookie cake. Here are some photos of NHL digging into it. We all had too much fun showing each other our beautiful blue tongues. Yes, the adults were more into it than the 4 year old – sad isn’t it?

Waiting to blow out the candle

Blowing out the candle

Eating the YUMMY cake!

So much for the dentist cleaning the other day.

Charming view n’est pas?

And one more of the blue tongue

We stayed around for a little while to talk with everyone and let NHL play. JSL took a mini-nap on H’s shoulder. Then when he woke up and NHL was SO tired we packed it up and went home.

It was a busy day and certainly not the last of the birthday celebrations. We did more today with Aunt S and have his family party this coming Sunday.

C’est Moi

I knew that I would get swamped with things to do Friday and over the weekend. That’s why I blogged about NHL’s B-day a little in advance. Here’s an update on how things went Friday.

Friday morning NHL woke up and came into our bed. He opened his gifts. Just as he was finishing JSL woke up. So the boys were together in our bed lounging. Here they are:

After this NHL got dressed for “green” day at nursery school. This also happened to be his last day there. Yes, after three years there our time at daycare was officially over for NHL.

Since we wanted to have a cake of some kind for that night I went out with JSL early to find a chocolate chip cookie cake. Who knew it would be that hard to locate? After two stores and almost crying, the second store baker heard that it was for my 4 year old’s B-day. He offered to make a batch for me if I didn’t need it until later. Perfect!

So JSL and I went to see Papa at work and then went home to rest before heading to NHL’s party at nursery school. Mimi came over and went with us to the little party. When we got there the daycare director took us into the faculty room so I could frost the cupcake cones. Lucky me, JL had the camera and decided to take photos. Luckily I was boring after a while and everyone left me to frost and sprinkle while they focused on JSL and his smiles.

See he’s much more interesting than me:

All serious suddenly. Clearly he was sick of the flashes from the camera.

Now the yummy cupcake cones all done:

So we all went up in the elevator with the goodies for the kids. NHL was so surprised to see Mimi there. After he noticed Mimi he announced to his friends that the cupcake cones and JSL were there. I guess the parents don’t matter ;)

Here are some photos of NHL greeting us, going to see JSL and eating his cupcake cone.

Next NHL and I went to give cupcake cones to all of his past teachers and to say goodbye. Then it was time to head out for the last time. So we packed everything up and went home.

JL came home later and stopped on the way home to pick up the cookie cake to bring to my parents house to enjoy later. I will post about that in the morning. Now I must head to sleep.

C’est Moi