the Birthday.

My Davyn wants to be a firefighter when he grows up. As in, he talks about it daily. In fact, he just walked in here two minutes ago to say, "I'm going to work for emergencies when I grow up. Dad works to give kids money, but I'm going to work for emergencies." I tried not to let him hear me laugh as he exited, and I only pursued the lack of logic with one question, "Dad works to give kids money?" To which he answered, "Ya, he gives us money." Which is somewhat true, I suppose. And I won't destroy his fantasy yet with the cold, hard fact that real life is about plain old dollars and cents.
But, back to the firefighting. OF COURSE my boy wanted a firefighter party for his 5th birthday. And Dad worked to give us money to make it so. Of course.
Party pictures:
Junior Firefighter Training began with stretching out...getting ready for the action ahead.
Besides the whole funding the party job which we've already covered as his prime purpose for existence, Jim was in charge of 45 minutes of *training* games. Which he fulfilled splendidly. As always. The man can entertain children.
They started with Rescue Freeze Tag. It was hilarious to watch the kids try to *save* each other by crawling between tiny legs. A few were swept off their feet. We then had an obstacle course. Timed. Because we're all about the competition over here. The *big boys*, Aidan, Collin and Talin, vied eagerly for first place, but the smaller crowd just had fun running the course to earn their hats and badges.
My blessedly artistic sister made this Pin the Hat on the Dalmation game.
My blessedly artistic mother decorated the top of this cake.
which the birthday boy loved. of course.
I neglected to take pictures of the 45 balloons I blew up by myself that morning. I kept telling Jim that number, but he never acted sufficiently impressed so I'll put it down here in hopes for better praise of my devoted motherliness.
The best part about the party was to see Davyn interact with all of his friends and cousins. He is a people lover. And he loved having so many around to honor his birthday last Saturday.
Monday was the actual birthday and he was content to tell me what to do all day and indulge in a birthday donut after dinner.
I LOVE this boy.
Reader Comments (12)
Happy Birthday Davyn!
It's so fun to hear from you again!
The party was great! I hope one of my boys want a fireman theme someday because this made me giddy!
I thought of your lungs as well when I read 45 balloons. I am lightheaded just thinking about it!