Birthday Fun

Mark and I kept going back and forth on whether or not we should have an official birthday party and invite all of Cooper's new friends to celebrate with him.  We decided to skip the Birthday Hoopla one more year.  We figured we'd avoid a party while we still could. Not that we didn't think it would be a blast or that Coop wouldn't enjoy it because there is no doubt he would. We figured Coop doesn't quite know what he's missing out on and we didn't want all of his friends to think they had to get him a gift. There will be plenty of time once school starts for the birthday madness to begin.  Until then, we opted for one more year of keeping the celebration somewhat low key.

 

I'm not going to lie, Cooper did ask if his friends were coming over to have cake on Sunday as we were celebrating.  I guess we underestimated Coop's knowledge of what Birthday's are all about.  Not to mention, he now has friends that he wants to celebrate with which is wonderful.

 

We did end up getting to celebrate with friends on his birthday after all.  Wednesdays are usually a play date day for us.  Normally we go to the park but it was a bit (read: waaaaaaay) too windy so we went to the indoor gym instead.  We brought cookies to share and all the kiddos played with the parachute.  Of course, everyone wished Cooper a Happy Birthday and made him feel special so it all worked out in the end.  And one of his little buddies even made him an awesome birthday baton!!!!  It was the perfect gift!  Hand made and from the heart.

Birthday Baton!