Bode is lucking out. He officially turns five on July 18 but since Jamie won’t be in Canada with us, we had a “pretend birthday party” for him before we embarked on our trip to Canada. The true motivation? I saw a Cars cake on clearance and most of his birthday presents are movies he will watch during the long drive.
Of course, he doesn’t know or care and was delighted to celebrate on two different days. We started at swim lessons and then had a Mario marathon on the Wii that afternoon.
That’s just a nice way of saying Mommy had a downtown meeting and Daddy was busy working downstairs.
Again, Bode didn’t care and was in his element. After a dinner of burgers and chips, we opened his presents (six movies, a Pillow Pet, a professional bubble machine from Grandma B. and a few misc. items).
We topped it off with his Cars cake. “Make a wish before!” Jamie instructed. Bode thoughtfully paused before attempting to blow out his five candles. He only succeeded in extinguishing one.
“That means you have FOUR girlfriends!” Haddie teased her notoriously girl-shy brother.
Bode looked her in distaste, wrinkled his nose and proclaimed “NOOOO. I didn’t wish for DAT!”
Give it a few years, son.
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