After Trenton went off to school with a belly full of birthday pancakes, I went to work and reminded myself to make sure and be at the school at 2:45. The night before his birthday he made what we like to call “Harry Potter Wands” which is where we dip the tip of big pretzel sticks into melted chocolate and put sprinkles on them. We took them into his class at the end of the day, and when I walked into his class this is what I saw:
His teacher hung that awesome banner over his desk -what a cool idea! He was given fun birthday balloons, and he thoroughly enjoyed his birthday attention!
His classmates were so happy to get Harry Potter Wands and a handful of jelly beans (which we called Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Jelly Beans, even though they weren’t… not officially).
While she was at school, Alice found her favorite Aunt Ruth (she works as the reading specialist) and she let Alice pick a prize out of the prize box. Alice came home with temporary tatts. She’s really proud of them and keep showing them off.
“Look at my PUMPKINS!”
Right after school, we had our cub scout den meeting where we talked about team work and ate a lot of Chex Mix. I do really love cub scouts! These guys make me laugh.
Trenton’s little party was starting at 6:30, and given my crazy, full day… I began baking his cake at 5:30 and decorated it at 6:25. Ha! He was happy with it, and while it isn’t as fancy as the cakes I’ve made in the past (okay, maybe using the word “fancy” is pushing it), it tasted THE SAME. 
We’re hoping someday to have a house that holds everyone a little more comfortably.
Trent’s face in this picture makes my day. He was so excited as we sang!
The pokeball was poked with candles.
Here’s great-grandma with my niece, Analynn. Analynn was born very early, and we just love seeing how healthy she is! And we’re VERY grateful her mom is healthy as well. We don’t know what we’d do without them. And check out that baby’s cute sparkly feet! 
Girl cousins -I love these girls!
His loot pile wanted for nothing.
I love seeing my grandma with her grandkiddos. No amount of pictures will ever be enough.
My red-headed nephew, Jens:
Trenton loved all of his gifts! We bought him a Disney Infinity starter set, but we bought the first version because we knew that even though there’s NEWER and “COOLER” versions … our kid doesn’t know or care and we’ll all have fun playing together. He was given lots of sweets and treats and toys, and he was happy as could be! I spent part of the afternoon saving a bunch of Trenton’s old pictures into a file on the computer. I uploaded that file to my Amazon Cloud, and we were able to watch the pictures slideshow on our television using Danny’s Firestick. It was a great “back drop” for the party, but I think I enjoyed it more than anyone. Truth be told: I think I did it for myself. I get nostalgic on birthdays. and Tuesdays. and weekends and holidays.
After the party -at the end of a busy, no-stop day -I sat down with some chips and salsa. Danny sat with me. We watched Parks and Recreation while the kids played Pokemon with their cousin. When the chips were gone, Danny grabbed the pretzel sticks and Nutella, and we laughed about how fun it is to not have our parents tell us we can’t eat Nutella for dinner.
The kids joined us in the living room, and they usually beg for an episode of “Once Upon a Time” but last night they opted to play -not the NEW video game with us – a board game! My Mom bought Trent the game “Blokus” and he loves it. And yes, our little Chess Master beat us all.
Lacy seriously hates that.
And Danny was seriously tired.
We all slept well. Especially Trent.
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