E's Birthday

E had a good 5th birthday. He is learning how to be an all-out sports fan. He loves the Razorbacks and---quite obviously---"Big Al" of the Crimson Tide!!!! I do not know who he will root for when they play against each other. But, I know he will have fun seeing the game---or any game for that matter. E's G-G and "Poppa Claus" were here to help celebrate his birthday. Since we did not know if child#4 would be here by this time, we did not really plan any big celebration. Earlier in the day a sweet neighbor from around the corner came to the house, got M-G and E and took them to a museum for a few hours. When they got home, Dana and I loaded them all up and E decided where to eat supper. We thought that he would choose Chuckie Cheese---but he chose McDonalds. Really cool thing, too---the McD's here only charges 99cents for a Happy Meal on Tuesday nights when you order an adult meal combo deal. What a bargain for a family of 42 (it really does seem like there are 2 of us and 40 of the kids) on a budget!!!










When we returned to the house, I gathered some of our neighborhood friends and they came over to sing "Happy Birthday" to E. The kids had a good time. I think that E's favorite part of the whole evening was when we sang to him before he blew out his candles. The next door neighbor's boy sang it in a very fun way that got everyone giggling---especially E and his sisters.









E with one of his favorite people---Mrs. Suzie. All the kids think she hung the moon. She brought over a gift, too!!!! What a surprise, especially since we were planning the party last minute. E and his sisters have played with it some everyday.

This young man (the birthday song singer) went back to his house and pulled out what has been his favorite toy through his growing up years as well as the toy E loves to play with whenever he goes to their house, and presented it to E for a birthday gift. Isn't he a treasure of a young man?!!?












Eating the birthday cake ...You can see the cake below. E wanted a dinosaur cake---one with a big dinosaur and a little brown dinosaur. It was a fun cake to make and I messed it up lots in the making---which means I got to scrape off my mistakes and eat them---so I did not mind tooooooo much.