Today’s the day… JediBoy is finally SIX!
We had a fantastic day from start to finish. JediBoy woke up to a living room decorated with streamers and the birthday banners we’ve bought over the years, personalized with his name. He opened a few birthday cards and a pair of Real Binoculars from PisecoSis. We gave him a few fake-out Pokemon presents (just a few cards and figures) before scratching our heads and asking, “Wasn’t there another present here somewhere?” He peeked behind a chair and found the Lego Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer that he’s been drooling over at lego.com for months! He was so excited. (He didn’t like it when I said… “Wait, wait! We have to take it back to the store. It says on the box ages 9 and up. Can you just wait 3 years?”)
JediBoy worked on those Legos for three hours straight this morning! That’s devotion. He has decided he wants to do this one all by himself, with us standing by to answer questions or unpop a piece that got put in wrong. He’s made it to step 24 so far… which is about a quarter of the way through.
He fielded four great birthday phone calls this morning, including one from South Africa that really delighted him (he couldn’t stop talking about that one).
After he couldn’t sit any longer working on Legos, we went to Chuck E Cheese for lunch with Leigh & Paula & kids. He had a blast there, playing games, eating pizza and playing up in the tunnels. When it was time to go, Leigh asked him if he wanted to cash in his tickets or save them for something bigger, and in a very off-handed way, he said, “Oh, I’ll just save them.” It’s the first time he hasn’t wanted at least a lollipop from the prize counter.
We came home for about an hour and a half so BabyGirl could nap, and JediBoy put in some more time on the Star Destroyer. Then it was off to t-ball - the last game of the season - and out to dinner with Aunt R, Aunt T, Uncle M and Cousin C. He got some presents at dinner too - knight- and Kung Fu Panda-themed.
Riding home from dinner, he couldn’t stop talking about what a wonderful, perfect, fantastic, terrific birthday he had!
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