Birthday Party
Phil's birthday was Saturday. He hadn't really said what he wanted to do on that day and initially I had nothing planned. I bought his German Chocolate cake mix and frosting and realized how much cake would be made and how few of us (1) would be eating it. In the past we've gotten together with friends for dinner on birthdays, but that takes a lot of work and even if everyone brings something it still costs a chunk of change. So Friday morning, I thought what the heck and sent out an e-mail (not an evite) to some friends to join us for cake on Saturday night. I also stated that Phil didn't know people would be coming over. I double checked the next morning that his sister and his parents would be joining us and everyone else would be a surprise to me and him.
The trickiest part was dinner. I didn't want to make it so early that we would want cake right away. So we ordered from Off the Grill and Phil decided to go get the food. I thought it wise (in retrospect a bad idea) to inform the kids to not be anxious to cut the cake right after dinner because Aunt & Uncle, Grandma & Grandpa, and some friends were going to come join us, but don't tell Daddy. Daddy came home with the food and set about getting it out. Little Man wandered in carrying a chair. We already have 7 chairs around the table and don't need anymore. He said something along the lines of we'll need it for guests.
At this point, I love the fact that Phil concentrates and blocks out people around him sometimes as I grabbed Little Man by the back of his neck and pushed him into the hallway. "Daddy doesn't know we're having guests." "Oh." We're on the same page again. We sit down, eat and talk like we normally do.
Lady Jane piped in with "We need to wait for our guests." The look of death just isn't enough for that child. I inform Phil that I invited his sister and BIL over for cake. He wasn't suspicious at all. He went upstairs for a few minutes and a set of friends showed up so when he came down, he was really surprised. He sat down and the next people to show up were his sister and BIL and then another couple and another and another. We had a fairly full house with kids running everywhere.
It was very casual. He blew out the candles and we ended up with only one piece of cake left and some cupcakes which are all gone now. We were both surprised by the turn out. And everyone who hadn't made it did send their regrets and wish Phil a happy birthday. He loved his Xbox 360 that I got for him. Another reason to have a pile of friends over, he couldn't yell at me for spending money on him. So everyone had a happy weekend. Yay!
Phil's birthday was Saturday. He hadn't really said what he wanted to do on that day and initially I had nothing planned. I bought his German Chocolate cake mix and frosting and realized how much cake would be made and how few of us (1) would be eating it. In the past we've gotten together with friends for dinner on birthdays, but that takes a lot of work and even if everyone brings something it still costs a chunk of change. So Friday morning, I thought what the heck and sent out an e-mail (not an evite) to some friends to join us for cake on Saturday night. I also stated that Phil didn't know people would be coming over. I double checked the next morning that his sister and his parents would be joining us and everyone else would be a surprise to me and him.
The trickiest part was dinner. I didn't want to make it so early that we would want cake right away. So we ordered from Off the Grill and Phil decided to go get the food. I thought it wise (in retrospect a bad idea) to inform the kids to not be anxious to cut the cake right after dinner because Aunt & Uncle, Grandma & Grandpa, and some friends were going to come join us, but don't tell Daddy. Daddy came home with the food and set about getting it out. Little Man wandered in carrying a chair. We already have 7 chairs around the table and don't need anymore. He said something along the lines of we'll need it for guests.
At this point, I love the fact that Phil concentrates and blocks out people around him sometimes as I grabbed Little Man by the back of his neck and pushed him into the hallway. "Daddy doesn't know we're having guests." "Oh." We're on the same page again. We sit down, eat and talk like we normally do.
Lady Jane piped in with "We need to wait for our guests." The look of death just isn't enough for that child. I inform Phil that I invited his sister and BIL over for cake. He wasn't suspicious at all. He went upstairs for a few minutes and a set of friends showed up so when he came down, he was really surprised. He sat down and the next people to show up were his sister and BIL and then another couple and another and another. We had a fairly full house with kids running everywhere.
It was very casual. He blew out the candles and we ended up with only one piece of cake left and some cupcakes which are all gone now. We were both surprised by the turn out. And everyone who hadn't made it did send their regrets and wish Phil a happy birthday. He loved his Xbox 360 that I got for him. Another reason to have a pile of friends over, he couldn't yell at me for spending money on him. So everyone had a happy weekend. Yay!
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