Happy Birthday Ayden!

I am so thankful that Gabe has made so many friends at school. And it always warms my heart to see the kids interacting with other children their age. Saturday, Gabe’s best buddy Ayden had his 5^th Birthday party and we all had a BLAST! Here’s a recap.

Repeat after Ayden…’I pledge allegiance to the Party…’

Eden loves Christian – he’s such a sweet kid. Here he is carrying Eden down the stairs because she suddenly couldn’t walk down by herself (yeah right! This girl has been climbing stairs since she was an infant).

Time to eat!

The kids had a blast playing in Ayden’s room…we even figured out that Ayden and Gabe have the exact same drum set! I foresee some ‘jam sessions’ (as Gabe calls them) in our future.

‘Happy Birthday Ayden!’ The kids all gathered at the bottom of the stairs and waited for the magician to finish setting up his magic act in the living room.

Ladies and Gentleman it is with great pleasure that I introduce to you…Tricky Eric! Or as Ayden’s dad kept referring to him…Freaky Eric! HA!

The kids really enjoyed the magic show. It was obvious that…ok let’s just call him Eric…wasn’t super comfortable around a bunch of five year olds. But he did a great job trying to keep them focused. The Birthday boy got to help Tricky Eric make cookies and doughnuts for everyone. The kids really liked this trick.


So the tin started out empty…

But after adding flour (which got all over the rug) and soda pop (gross)…

And lighter fluid. Wait! WHAT? Yes! Lighter fluid! The tin was filled with goodies.


Can I just say that it totally creeped me out that Tricky Eric set the ‘ingredients’ in that metal tin on fire…inside the house…

WOW! That was really close to the TV! Ayden’s dad’s eyes were as big as golf balls!

Gabe also got to help out with a magic trick.

Perhaps my favorite trick of the day though…Ayden’s grandfather helping Tricky Eric…and had his brassiere exposed! I cried because I laughed so hard…the look on his face was priceless!

The grand finale – Ayden turned a balloon into a real bunny!

Happy Birthday to you! Make a wish!

Eden & Madelyn loved the cupcakes!

Time to open presents! The kids all ended up cornering poor Ayden as he opened his gifts so I couldn’t really see to recap what all he got – but he seemed happy and there were a lot of oohs and ahhs from the kids – so I’m going to assume all was well in the present department.

Is the Devion or Devon? I can’t tell – they are identical twins…and I mean identical! They’re always trying to trick the teachers at school – most of the time successfully! Anyway, he loved the card we got for Ayden it lit up and sang “Celebrate good times come on!”

We had such a great time I think we were the last to leave. I love this picture of Ayden! You can almost hear him begging for Gabe stay!