7 years

   

Our first boy turned 7 recently.  Somehow he keeps getting bigger and older--AND less dependent upon me.  It's good, it's exciting, but it's also sad at the same time.  How did 7 years go by so fast?

Matt got the Lego Police Station for his birthday--he's been asking (begging) for it for nearly a year now, so he was ecstatic to open it up on his birthday.  He and his father quickly set to work on it and had it finished before his birthday party the following morning.

Did I mention Matt loves Legos?  Well he does.  And that was his chosen theme for his party.  With a bounce house of course.  It arrived early that Sat. morning, and Matt & Will began bouncing immediately.

A month or so prior to his party I had sworn to myself that I wasn't going to make his cake and get all crazy making stuff because I just didn't have the time...or energy.  Well, sure enough, it got closer to the date, and baby Johnathan decided to sleep on his own, and I found myself better rested and inspired enough to make his cake.  So this is what I came up with.  You see, it's supposed to look like the whole cake is made of Legos, and they're covered by a big sheet of fondant--the Lego guy and his truck are about to unroll another sheet of fondant to cover up that corner spot.  See?

Another vow I made to myself was to not invite his entire school class again this year.  I didn't.  We just invited the boys, and a handful of them came.  So, the bounce house was not nearly as crazy and violent as it was last year!

It was still a great group, and Matt was thrilled to have every one of his guests there.  The Brown family came all the way from Dallas to join us and celebrate.  They are special friends, y'all, and we are so thankful they could be here.

At cake time everyone crowded inside, and I did my best to keep the stinky boys from man-handling the cake.

SEVEN!!!  What??

Another pinata!  After the little kids had a turn, the thing was busted up after the 4th or 5th boy.  But, everyone got some good stuff.

It was a fun party, and after everyone left and things calmed down a little, Matt opened his gifts.  For some reason he wanted to wear the bowling medal he'd received at another kid's birthday party.  Goofball.

One of his school friends gave him Pokemon cards, and he has really enjoyed them.  I had no idea he was interested in such a thing.

Caroline and Josh stuck around and continued to play and play long after the party guests had left.

Matt & Josh took their bikes down to the park behind our house and had race after race.  Caroline scooted along on the Razor scooter.  They had a blast...until Caroline scraped up her knee.

As if all that wasn't enough, we finished the day with dinner at Phil's Icehouse with the Browns and Nicole.  Such a silly group of boys.  It was another great celebration of our biggest boy.  Happy Birthday Matthew!