Big E finally made it to 8. He had a countdown posted in his room for quite awhile, and he marked off the days as they ticked by. On top of that, he was psyched to plan out his entire day, starting from the minute he woke up.
Actually, he started earlier. He requested that his whole family sleep in a tent in the backyard on the night before his birthday, so that he could wake up to kick off his celebrations with all of us there. We obliged him... some of us happily, others only because he's our kid. The thing is, the waking up part didn't quite go as planned. It turned out that we woke at 5:30 a.m. to rain -- yes, rain -- landing on our faces. (We'd left the top of the tent uncovered so that we could stargaze before bed. Who would've expected RAIN in July?)
Anyway, we hustled the kids, our bedding and ourselves inside, and we wished him a him a happy birthday before asking that no one disturb us for at least a couple of hours. Personally, I was thrilled to climb into a real bed, as I'd been sleeping horribly in that tent. A camper, I am not.
Eventually, we all got up, and the celebrating commenced. There was coffee (phew), there were presents, and there was a pancake the size of E's head. No, bigger. I got photos of all of that, but I forgot to prep them for the blog, so instead I present THE PARTY.
It was a good time at the pool, with several of his favorite friends on hand. There were contests to see who could pull off the best bellyflop...
and pencil jump...
and land with the craziest splash (those are Uncle Tito's legs there)...
There were group jumps...
and a pinata...
that proved a little tough to bust open...
until Uncle Tito got involved...
There was family on hand...
and an AMAZING cake, made by our friend Amy VanBrasch...
and special buddies...
and this little -- I mean BIG -- dude had an all-around great time.
I can't believe another year has flown by. Didn't he JUST turn seven?
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