Happy Birthday Shay!

 Shay's Birthday

We had an amazing birthday for my special little Shay and I'm glad I could make it such a great day, it all started when they came home on Friday to a mostly decorated house. Per her request, she woke up and we made pancakes with chocolate and butterscotch chips covered in peanut butter, nutella, and powdered sugar snow. Then I convinced her to do her chores even though it was her birthday and she complained about it, and then we read some books. I gave her a Moana dress to wear for her party and we watched the first movie so she could act out Moana while they watched. They had lunch during the movie, and I left to get my parents from the airport in perfect time to come home and finish decorating. We had around 15 kids come, from her school, our neighbors, and church friends, and some parents stayed to chat and hang out too. 

It was a full house and luckily the day outside was nice and we were able to use the outside for after the movie. Each kid got a drink and filled up their tray with candy and popcorn, and plenty of kids got distracted and started playing with the baby toys in the next room that I didn't think to hide. By the end of opening presents, Shay was overwhelmed with all the kids trying to help her, so we moved onto cupcakes and ended up putting the toys upstairs and letting the kids blow bubbles outside. She even asked when everyone was going to leave so I'll know for the future to only do a two hour party instead. Afterward, even though I asked her where she wanted to go for dinner, she was more interested in playing with her toys and we had to convince her to leave. 

Claire

She was just as excited as Shay for the decorations on Friday, and to give her a present and watch the movie. Letting Shay open all the presents and play with them first was hard because she was really jealous of a lot of the toys. They are both interested in the same kind of cute girly things, so Claire wanted to open and play with them, and I had to remind her so many times that Shay gets them and will share when she is ready. There was one friend from her class, who is an older sibling of someone from Shay's class, that was there as well, so it was nice she had someone she knew. Luckily, Shay is good at sharing and has been able to share since there are some toys she is slightly less interested in.

Adrian

He is getting cuddly which is weird! I think it was because he was teething a little and feeling under the weather, but he was all over me and mad if I wasn't lying down to be crawled on one day. He only did one nap the day of the party, it was long, but by the end of the day he was extra tired and went to bed early, which means he didn't sleep in on Sunday and got tired at church...yay. My mom is trying to take in all the ways to take care of him since she is going to take on the responsibility to do that more while we are gone. I am a little worried he will be sad when I'm gone, but it's only a week and he is a happy boy, and whatever is wrong my parents can make him feel better. Luckily he has his sisters who love him so much and will play and keep him happy.