Happy Birthday BenBen

Ben with all of his presents.

Ben had a good birthday this year, well he seemed to like it anyway. He had to wait for Sarah Kate to get home from school before he could have his party. This was very hard for him, but he managed to wait until she got home and we got everything set up. We wrapped his presents and set up for him. In years past we've hid the kids presents around the house, but Ben told us he just wanted to come up and open them, he didn't want to find them. He was very excited and didn't want to wait any long for his gifts.

Opening presents with a little help from Hannah.

We found some great deals right after Christmas for some of Ben's presents. It's nice to have his birthday in February so we can take advantage of those sales. He got a Blue Man Group Drum set (he LOVES music), a storm trooper helmet, some 'boy movies' (the day after we found out we were having a boy he asked me if when his brother comes we can watch more boy movies) and a Tag reader.

Ben with his drumsticks


Storm trooper Ben


The Tag package.
(This is great by the way if you don't have one.)

One the kids birthdays we normally let them choose were they want to go eat for their birthday. Of course Ben wanted to go to McDonald's. This worked out well because all the kids were very tired and very ornery. Instead of going and eating at McDonald's I loaded the kids up and took them to the drive thru while they watched one of Ben's boy movies in the car. I let them get whatever they wanted which mostly consisted of chicken nuggets, parfaits, apple pies, and rootbeer. How fun! After dinner came the cake.

Looking back on the day, it wasn't much of a birthday for him. He didn't seem to mind. He got to opened presents, eat McDonald's food, play with Mom and Dad, and have some cake and ice cream. All in all I think it was just perfect for a 5 year old boy.