Birthdays are a very special time. A time to dote on the birthday boy (in this case) and celebrate life. So that's what we did. He woke up and the birthday fairy had decorated the house! 'Hapderpay to you lachan!' is what he kept saying when he saw the decorations. He got special birthday cereal-Berry Crunch-and got to eat with Daddy.
Then the birthday boy, Torin, Auntie Emi and I went to Barnes and Noble for story time and a free birthday treat. He got to choose whatever he wanted, but of course he chose the chocolaty-chocolate one. Son after his Mother's own heart! We wondered the mall afterward, and since it was his birthday, we went on a ride--up and down the escalator.
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| Coloring time after the stories |
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| Before |
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| During (I realized I better take his sweater off before it's too late) |
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| After--nothing like a big chocolate cupcake at 11 in the morning! |
After a quick playtime at the play set in the mall, we went to Luke's work for lunch--pizza! One of Lachlan's favorite. Luke had a big dry-erase board with markers, so Lachlan went to town and had a lot of fun drawing and accidentally erasing everything with his bum. It was a big treat to be able to eat lunch with Daddy on his birthday.
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| Little did we know that after he shut this door, he would go beyond the dry-erase board and find something new to draw on: the carpet! Ah! So I left the party and ran to Walgreens to pick up a magic eraser, which magically worked! |
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| Auntie Emi got attacked by the chocolate during round 2 of the chocolaty dessert. |
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| Washing down all that sugar--what a mess! |
We tried to nap, but I think he was SO excited for his party that was going to happen, all he could do was say people's names and jump in his bed. So, after Luke got back from work, he rescued the non-sleeper birthday boy and they waited with great anticipation for the guests to arrive. We opened presents, ate tacos, had cake & ice cream, and celebrated Lachlan's life!
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| My attempt at decorating a cake. At least the frosting was delicious! |
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| Aaron made him this AMAZING table & chair. Lachlan loves it. You can't really see here, but his ankles are crossed! |
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| Emily gave him a bin FULL of balls. And each of them were wrapped. |
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| He is so concentrated on getting all the balls unwrapped. |
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| 'Ffffffffffff' That's how he 'blew' out his candles. And this was round 2. He wanted us to light them again. |
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| Then 2nd generation Cahills toasted to Lachlan's life. here is the line up. |
We are so blessed to have Lachlan in our lives. It was a fun-filled celebratory day.
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What a cutie! Sounds like a really fun birthday!
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