Sean's 6th Birthday Party

Jen helped with writing the "Happy Birthday" message on the cake.

My terrible looking cake, but Iron Man itsef was good.

Balloons, banners and happy kids!

Sean was the king, playing with his guests.

Look at my Legos!

Happy Birthday to you!

We did it! Sean had his 6th birthday party on Saturday, Feb 25, with his 13 friends at our home. Amy came in early to decorate the house with Iron Man themed decorations. I was very much behind the schedule and was running around as if I am on Iron Chef. I was still whipping the whipped cream for Sean's cake by the first guests arrived. I wanted to spend more time on the cake decoration as all I could do was slap and spread the whipped cream on top. But I did put the Iron Man face I made on the cake and that was the only thing looked good about the cake!

Sean was so excited as soon as he came back from speech therapy plus lunch. He was jumping around the house with a big smile. There were a lot of guests and the house looked so small with about 30 grown-ups and kids. That's when I wish I could have the house in California back! The kids played well. The boys hang out upstairs in Sean's room and the girls played downstairs. They quickly be friended each other and were immersed in what they were playing with. Sean looked really happy! I haven't seen him look that happy for a long time in a while. Sometimes it's hard for him to make friends especially in the new big kindergarten, so I am glad he was able to see all his favorite friends at the party.

When we brought out the cake and put the candles on them. All the kids sitting nearby started to count as I placed each candle on the cake. "One, two, three, four, five, six!", they must have thought that is a lot. Sean smiled so big when he saw the Iron Man on the cake. Staying up until 1:00 am the night before paid off at that. We sang him the birthday song and he was genuinely at bliss. I was lucky to be able to capture the moment on a video. Our friend, Angela, took the photos.
It was nice catching up with friends.  I was not able to talk with some of the guests, but we will set up a playdate soon.  We are so lucky to have wonderful friends we met through school, therapies, work etc...   I hope they all had fun, too!

p.s.  Sean's presents were all Legos!  He could not be happier!  Thanks friends!