Birthday Fun

Reece had a very nice birthday! He woke up super early, and he looked at me (because there was no way he was going back to bed) and said, "I'm so excited!!!!"

Not sure if he was more excited about his birthday, or the fact that his Grandma and Grandpa were coming from Arizona that day. I bet it was both!

Aunt Joanna made his birthday treats for school.... we decided on bowling and party hats, since he had a bowling birthday party this year.

This came home from school that day.... the next day I got a very nice email from his teacher. She said that Reece went to school and told her, "I might go wild today!" She was very glad to report that he did not, in fact "go wild" and I should be proud that he focused so well on his birthday. He even had this perfect math page.

When Reece and Riley got home from school, Grandma and Grandpa were here!

We went to watch Riley bowl, and he got his game high!! 87!!!

Then it was off to have birthday dinner at Applebees, where Reece got a mini birthday dessert. After that we sent the big boys to go pick up Reece's ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. Reece really loved the Jayhawk cake!!

What you may not know about Grandma and Grandpa, is that they are ice cream fanatics.... so this cake was especially planned around them!

"Reece LOVES cake!!"

Silly us! We totally cut into the cake before we remembered the candle.... my brain just doesn't work like it used to! It's a scary thing.... so here is the "wish" after we began eating.

Reece was so patient! We made him wait ALL day to open his one gift from us.

WOW!! It was a Nintendo 3DS!!!

Here is a video of Reece opening his gift.... mom and dad were silly and made him work hard at unwrapping it. I'm not sure whose reaction was better... Reece or Riley's???