the party

On the morning of the big party I was ready to throw in the towel ... seemed like an ungrateful 5 year old didn't need a party. Thank goodness for second chances ... maybe third chances ... to turn a grumpy face into a smile so the party could go on! He wanted a car cake at one point, but then picked out a truck he wanted on the cake ... so it turned into a car-show cake! The boys in the crowd were so excited to pick which car they wanted to take home - and there were no disputes!! We played a few rounds of "car, car, race" otherwise known as "duck, duck, goose", some balloon volley-ball, some balloon popping games and I can't remember what else! Oh yes, we had a guessing game of how many cars/trucks were in the bucket. We had guesses from 6 to 100, but the correct answer was 56 - with the closest coming in at 53! As you can see, Mr. Cooperation wasn't present for picture taking and was fighting the smile, as usual. The highlight for Rhett was that HIS friend Sam came - his best buddy from music class and his true friend by his own acquaintance and not friends of his siblings! He is so ready for school now ... or maybe it is me that is so ready for him to go to school!!

rhett's real birthday

Rhett was not convinced he turned 5 on the 7th until we had some candles for him to blow out. With a party planned for the 11th I didn't want to make 2 cakes so he had some candles in ice-cream!! There were no complaints from anyone about that! I really don't know how to best describe Rhett at this stage in life: inquisitive and entertaining for his positive traits; argumentative and persistent for the other side of his personality!

music recital

I think I filled you in on the music recital, but here are a few blurry shots of the event. Of course I didn't check my battery before leaving home so it was a struggle to get these few photos.

where did the last month go?

Some how from my last post until today - pretty much a whole month disappeared and I don't remember where it went! Was nice to have some company over the Remembrance Day extended weekend. Grandpa and Grandma O came and went too quickly. Because of that there are precious few photos to share! We enjoyed swimming with Grandpa while Grandma did some shopping. Then we had a houseful of people (some of Rob's family) for a pizza party and some more overnight company ... with kids ... much to the excitement of the kids in this house! Now the next event to look forward to is some visitors for Christmas Holidays. Beds are almost made and ready folks! Just phone ahead to confirm!
I guess we do have a special day in between!! Rhett is 5 tomorrow - not sure where all those months went either. He is getting very bored at home, so he's looking forward to going to school. Might be a long few months to wait! The party is planned for Saturday so you can look for pictures later!
Friday night was the kids music recital - Rhett was the first up in the family and he was hoping the piano stool would open up and swallow him whole. So, he didn't play for a bit until his class showed him it wasn't that painful! He did well in the end. Keithan played a great song called Banana .. and pulled it off with no mistakes. Samara played Canon in D - just a few minor mistakes that I'm sure nobody noticed!
On another note, we had one special meeting yesterday and another one this Sunday. We're looking forward to our company this week. Tracy S is coming here so that will be extra special. Wonder if she'll change her opinion of Rhett ... she used to call him a little angel! He better be in his best, better than ever, behavior!
p.s. the last picture is what happens if you fall asleep in this house during meeting and your siblings are having fun! Rhett was the victim of "Where's Waldo?"!