Another Happy Birthday

Friday, November 5th, the entire Marx family made their way to Sadieville. Michael had a game of soccer to referee on Saturday evening in Georgetown. But the true excitement was Hayden turning 6 years old.

Since Michael had to work on Saturday evening, we determined a Birthday Breakfast was the best way to celebrate Hayden's turning 6 years old. Papa and Tiny came out Saturday morning and we were treated to pancakes, eggs and bacon for breakfast (Hayden's choice) prepared by Claude and Michael.

The rest of us enjoyed time together.

After a wonderful breakfast, Hayden determined it would be fun to look for his presents. We kept Hayden in the dining room while Michael and Bailey hid presents around the living room. Michael even had Bailey tuck one in the pocket of her jeans. She was fairly giddy trying to keep her secret. After Hayden found the first present, she pulled that present out of her pocket and yelled, "Here's one!"

Hayden eventually found his presents and put them all in Claude's reading chair where he systematically opened each and every one. He was very polite and thanked everyone for each gift as it was opened. My, how he is growing up.

The rest of the morning was spent trying all those fun gifts out and learning what they did.

We paused during the playing to enjoy birthday cake before Papa headed back to feed Mimi. Hayden wanted a 'Moon' cake and Andie was able to come up with the perfect 'Moon' cake.

Papa headed back to Georgetown and we had a bit more time to play before quiet time. This made for a good opportunity to tussle with Grampa. I was able to get one picture of Claude multi-tasking. He was wrestling with Hayden and giving Bailey a pony ride at the same time. What a 'Pa'!!

Hayden received birthday money from his Gramma Joyce. He wanted some Mommy and Ma time. We set up Bailey and Claude in the basement with the movie of Charlotte's Web, chips and playdough. Then Andie, Hayden and I headed to Georgetown to let Hayden pick out something with his birthday money. I was very impressed with this process. Andie talked to him on the way in about just how much he could spend and that he couldn't buy everything a 6-year old boy wants. When he got in the store he carefully looked at the items he most wanted, picked the one he would purchase and then worked with Andie to carefully get the most 'bang for his buck' on that purchase. He ended up with a great dinosaur train set with the characters and the track.

It was a wonderful birthday weekend. Thank you to the Marx family for bringing their show on the road to Sadieville so Claude, Papa and I could enjoy this important moment in Hayden's life.