Willy B turned 5 on Sept 26.
He has been anticipating his birthday since his cowboy birthday party last
year. He has been confirming with us
several times this year that on his birthday, he gets to do whatever he wants…as
long as it isn’t harmful to anyone!
I’ve had a bit of guilt between Will and Wyatt’s
birthdays. Will has a nice warm, festive
fall birthday, while Wyatt’s is in the bitter cold of January when all
grandparents have headed south and everyone else has hibernated for the winter. So when it comes to birthday parties, Will
has a tremendous response (plus, now he has his own school friends and
neighborhood friends to invite) while Wyatt’s response is marginal. When we were deciding on what celebration we
should have for Will’s big 5, we decided we shouldn’t have a big party again
because we know we can’t do that for Wyatt.
We gave Will 3 choices and with each choice, he could choose 2-3 friends
to invite along. We could either 1) Go
to a Brewer Game 2) Blast off model rockets and go for an airplane ride at
Popper’s house or 3) Go to the movie theater and mini golf, go carts, etc.
It wasn’t even a question in Will’s mind. He wanted to go to Popper and Grandma’s
house! So we bought a few extra model
rockets to assemble, paper airplane templates, airplane themed gifts, planned
the airplane cake and favors, and handed out the invites folded into paper airplanes.
We knew the party depended on the weather and had a secret
indoor backup plan that had nothing to do with airplanes or rockets! And sure enough, it started to rain and the
wind began to blow about 3 days before the party. Although it stopped raining by the morning of
the party, it was too wet and still too windy to continue with launching
rockets and airplane rides, so we were off to LEGOLAND in Schaumburg !
Since Will fell in love with Legos on his 4th
birthday and soon after found out there is a “legoland,” he has been begging to
go so it was perfect. He was super
excited. We loaded up Will, Wyatt, EJ
and Charlotte, and headed for the Land
of Legos
On Will’s actual birthday, he went to school, then we
picked him up and went out for lunch at his choice – McDonald’s Playland. Had some naps, then met Jeff after work at
the theater to watch The Lion King.
Followed up with a trip to the toy store and home to eat a snack for
dinner (after all that popcorn!) and open his presents from Wyatt and us. Whew!
Birthdays sure are exhausting but FUN!
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