My last post was supposed to be Evan's birthday post, but I kind of got carried away with talk of aging and bad parenting. So here's Evan's real birthday post.
I wasn't just running around the house freaking out about having a five year OLD son. We actually did some celebrating too.
First we went to the discovery gateway museum.
If anyone wants to know what China is like just go to that museum on a Saturday and imagine all the kids have black hair, are speaking Chinese and have their crotchless pants tucked into their socks. I guess what I'm trying to say is that on Saturdays the discovery gateway museum is extremely crowded, as crowded as a Chinese subway station,
so pretty crowded, don't go there on a Saturday.
This picture was taken on a normal Sunday morning on our way to church, we had to hold our kid's hands really tight.
We took Evan, Meici and two of their cousins to the museum, but none of their parents. It was just me and Z trying not to lose four little kids. Holy cow we almost didn't succeed. We thought it would be easy, you know, I watch two kids, Z watches two kids, but there were hundreds of kids there, how are you supposed to know which one is yours, they're all about the same size and all have shirts on, so it's pretty tough.
Then we went to McDonalds and got all the kids happy meals.
I don't have the proof, but they really did get happy meals, I'm not a liar.
Then we came home for pizza eating, cupcake decorating,
present opening,
and pinata spatula-ing.
Pretty fun day.
I love this kid so much; he's the sweetest little boy I've ever had an epidural for. Just this morning while I was sweeping the kitchen floor he came in and said, "Wow Mom, it sure is clean in here. You did a great job, thanks so much for cleaning the floor."
So what if he didn't offer to help, at least he appreciates the work I do. He's going to make some woman very busy, but feel very appreciated.
He's such a great big brother too. He loves playing with Meici, even when Meici doesn't really feel like playing, he demands she play with him, or else...
He is also very obedient, whenever I tell him to clean his room he hurries to it without complaining, but then later when I open his jammie drawer I find all his toys that used to be on the floor.
Evan loves wearing hats.
Especially his army helmet. Whenever we're about to leave the house he says, "oh wait, gotta get my helmet." He's so cautious.
He wears it at the store.
Okay, so it's not really a "store" it's the DI.
What?
We go there to DONATE!
It's not like we bought all our dishes and furniture there.
we really did
He wears it to the library.
He wears it in the bathtub.
And he wears it when he goes dragon slaying.
He does not, however, wear it when he gets a hold of the camera and takes self portraits.
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Oh my gosh. I'm so glad to see that more children are starting to be concious of potential hazards these days. There really needs to be a law about children wearing helmets in the bath. What if the shower head falls off! That's just a lawsuit (of some sort) waiting to happen. I may have to become an activist about this.
Sounds and looks like Evan had a blast of a birthday. He deserves it, since he's so good about wearing his helmet everywhere.
That self portrait was hilarious!
My 4 yr. old wears a blue helmet that says "POLICE" on it wherever we go. Then old people stop us and ask him, "Are you going to be a policeman when you grow up?" And he looks at them like they're completely nuts and says, "No!" It makes me so proud.
That self portrait certainly was the best part!
Wow. Five. It goes by fast, doesn't it. Happy Birthday Evan!
It bears repeating: LOVE the self portrait. And I'm so happy to see that the Power Rangers are still around. And I'd love to know if a five year old can actually break a pinata with a plastic spatula.
i have a love hate relationship with discovery. i used to love it. now i'm more afraid of it so it makes me think i might come to hate it. but hate's a strong word and it prob isn't really hate, it's prob just a love frear relationship. geese i'm glad i was able to think that one out this morning.
I love his army helmet. Maybe he'll even wear it when he gets married.
And the self protrait is AWESOME. But it would have been better if he had a bunch of boogies in his nose. Just sayin'....
I don't believe that you really did get them happy meals. You probly made them eat salad.
I was wondering why your last post was titled Evan's birthday.
You know your kids are adorable.
Happy Birthday, Evan!
Why do you have the cutest kids in the world? All mine do is point out the places I missed cleaning the floor...oh that's right I don't clean the floor.
Back in the day, DI was one of my favorite haunts.
Your son is adorable, and so was this post about him.
=)
Hats are great. Maybe you should get him a big motorcycle helmet - the kind that have a full face visor. Then he can be really safe.
What a great day for him! That last picture...wow, you could stuff bowling balls up those nose holes! :)
Hey, I think we have the same rice cooker (not to mention the same T-Rex t-shirt). It hasn't even occurred to Henry to try putting it on his head (the rice cooker, not the T-Rex shirt) which makes me worry that Henry's a little delayed. I'll have to hand him a pot tomorrow and see what he does with it, that way I'll be able to see if he'll ever catch up with Evan.
Breaking a pinata with a spatula?? OH MY HECK. Hilarious!!
I getcha on the whole losing kids thing. All kids look alike, how the heck are you supposed to not lost your child!
That last picture made me snort. Again, Happy Birthday Evan!
When our family went to Disneyland, we saw a group of peole all wearing bright orange shirts and camo pants. Coordinating hunter outfits so the won't lose each other! I think the next time you go, you should make your party guests wear orange prison jump suits. That way, you can keep track of everyone and the crowd will stay away from you, too.
I love being mistaken for Kristina! It makes me feel smiling.
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