The rest of Michael's birthday

I just realized that I never wrote about the family party we had for Michael's birthday. I'm such a devoted mommy.

So yes, we had the family over on the Saturday after Michael's birthday. I was actually surprised at how many people came. Pretty much everyone who lives anywhere in the area came. It was really nice. There wasn't room in my house for everyone to have a seat. He got a lot of loot - a play bowling set and two Curious George DVDs from Grandma and Grandpa Sabin; a set of real tools and a horn to go on his bike from Grandma and Grandpa Hansen; a remote control fire engine from Kari, Rich, Sean and Amanda; some craft items from Emily and Jessi; a lot of squirt guns from Callie and Gary; more squirt guns and a kick ball from Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Hansen; and his very own case of root beer from Jodi and Sadie. That was a HUGE hit. The squirt guns were also a huge hit. Lots of people went outside and had a squirt gun fight.

The tools are by far Michael's favorite, I think. He is always talking about his screwdrivers and how he needs a wrench and how he's going to fix this or that.

I made a cake (a yellow race car, chosen by Michael), and neglected to take any photos of it. Michael actually blew his candle out this year, rather than freak out about being so close to something that he thought we were going to make him eat. So if any of you (Callie?) have photos of the cake, please send them my way.

And no, in case you were wondering, Michael did not eat cake at his party. He blew out the candle and ran back outside to keep squirting people. He did, however, eat cake a few days before the party (our "practice cake"), and did pretty well.

There. Birthday documented.