This week we celebrated our baby turning six!
We put out streamers and balloons while he slept. Sadly the balloons got caught up in the fan in the night and scared me half to death as I slept. Luckily Finn slept through and didn't know that he was supposed to have more than one balloon.
He was so excited to open his presents. After we gave him his gifts we went out shopping...
He put all his birthday money together and got a cookbook, a calculator, and some magnets...
We were so excited when he turned down our attempts to take him to horrible tourists restaurants and opted for one of our favorite places, Waterfront...
After his birthday fish and chips...
His main request for his birthday was to go to the bowling "addy"...
He loves to bowl and he hasn't been since we moved here...
He scored 109 without the ramp!
The bowling alley here is part of a larger sports complex. What you see in the picture is the entire bowling alley. It was fun!
A couple weekends ago we had his party with friends. Starting today is fall break here so most all of Finn's friends were leaving the island and would be gone this weekend and next. We threw together the party a bit last minute in order to make sure his friends could come. He had a fun day...
He had a list of people he wanted to come and everyone but one family made it. We had about 10 kids and their parents along with a few adult friends...
When I asked Finn what he wanted for his party he was very specific. He wanted a shark cake, a party at our house. I told him all the places we could have it and he said no. He wanted it at home with a shark cake. Easy enough!
In Cayman the kids don't open gifts at the party. He wanted to open his gifts and I said go for it. No one cared. Everyone thinks it is weird to not let the kids open their presents...
These two and their blonde...
She and Finn have been friends for over a year now. They met on vacation, ended up in prek together, and enjoy having out on weekends when we can. They get in what we call "domestics" but I think it is good for him. He has met his match with her.
After the party Tosh and I had a lot of clean up to do, so we let Finn come in and start playing with his presents. He was so happy about his art set. I was surprised when I came in and he had his version of Van Gogh sunflowers going on...
One of our friends gave him a real dinosaur bone. It is from a hadrosaur that she found on a dig in Alberta, Canada...
I went to bed with a happy heart knowing he had a good party, a good turnout, and such thoughtful gifts.
I can't believe my baby is six. The years go faster and faster.
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