There is a 6 YEAR OLD in the HOUSE!

AHHHHH!!! I'm so behind on my blog posts! Life has been keeping us crazy busy. I feel like we've been in a bit of a whirlwind since we returned from Spain at the beginning of September. And I thought I'd have extra time on my hands with Benjamin in all day kindergarten and Samuel in German kindergarten five days a week, if even for a few hours. Unfortunately, it seems like I'm running around more than ever.

Well, we've had some BIG events going on here! One of which is that we now have a 6 year old in our house! Yes, 6! I can't believe our big guy is 6!

So, his actual birthday fell during the week this year so I went to school to help him celebrate with his classmates. They are allowed to bring a treat for snack time for their classmates. I figured I would make cupcakes and he'd be delighted. But when I told him I was going to bring cupcakes he had other plans in mind. He wanted to bring strawberry ice cream cones!

(Yes, Ms. Katie, I know you're laughing... ICE CREAM! He's just like his Mom, huh? Although, I wouldn't have chosen strawberry.) So, I contacted his teacher the week before to work out the logistics and make sure I wouldn't have a melty mess on my hands and she gave me the go ahead. So, the kids were delighted to share an ice cream treat that day with our birthday boy... although, I did add an additional flavor for those that didn't want Strawberry... AND it did in fact, end up being a bit of a melty mess but not one kindergarten complained!

I also let him pick what we would have for dinner that night... and he chose.... BREAKFAST for dinner! That's my boy! (I remember loving when my mom would make French toast for dinner when I was a kid... there is nothing like my mom's french toast!)

We celebrated with a lovely Belgian funny face waffle dinner... a candle for the nose for the occasion. Then he enjoyed ripping opening his birthday gifts while Grandma Pat and Pappa Harry joined us via skype (video conferencing).

The weekend following his birthday we joined efforts with one of his best buddies here and their family and all of our friends... including a couple of boys from his kindergarten class... and celebrated his birthday with food, games, presents, a bouncy castle and his requested Monster Jam Monster Truck cake. The party went well and he had a great time!