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!!