Birthday fun - part 1

Andrew with his new fish before they perished. Sadly the first batch of fish from Wal-mart only lasted about an hour. Not sure what happened to them. I guess they listened to the noise, saw that their new home was in the playroom and decided they didn't have the will to live at our house. The second group is still swimming strong - 4 days later! The best part was that the death of the fish was not nearly the drama I thought it might be. Andrew just sort of shrugged his shoulders and said, "They died." And that was the end of that. So I took those sad dead fish back to the store and told them they died on my son's 6th birthday and they gave me new fish without a blink a bonus one, just in case.

At long last, let the ripping begin. We made the poor boy wait until daddy got home from work. We won't be doing that again! It made for a VERY long day for all parties involved. And even after the long wait, he let Jonathan help him unwrap one.

A Birthday for Bear book and a new GoFish guys CD, Splash!

Tiny Legos! Just what he wanted, but they pose a serious choking hazard for Hannah.

And the hit of the day...Rescue Heroes! We had to do some searching for these. Thanks to Craigslist and a kid's consignment shop, we found them. Leave it to our child to pick a toy no longer in production.

Daddy demonstrating to the boys the cool features of the helicopter.

This was Andrew's dinner request. Pancakes with a face. But not just any face. He was very specific about what other foods should be on the face. He even drew us a picture several days before his birthday to make sure we were clear as to what he wanted for his birthday dinner. We were able to add the bacon without pre-approval. But really, who needs approval to add bacon?!