We celebrated on Thursday (his "real" birthday) with dinner, mini-donuts and presents. He was really excited to get a bigger bike, and Leap pad with a built in microphone and a handheld Leapster - which unfortunately doesn't work and will have to go back to the store.
Late Thursday evening, Grandma Donna and Grandpa Herb arrived - in time to go on a preschool field trip to Orchestra Hall on Friday morning. Brendan ended up being pretty tired for the trip as he got to bed late and was up before 6am to see if Grandma and Grandpa were ready to play with him... they weren't quite ready to get up ;)
Saturday's party was flurry of activity with kids galore. Everyone played for a bit before each making a pirate hat and playing "pin the eye-patch on the pirate" (it's important to note that the blindfold should be checked before the party to make sure the kids can't see through it!). Then it was time to eat, have cake and ice cream and get the pirate hats back on for a little treasure hunt. All this topped off by the grand gift opening where he got a lot of things "that I've always wanted!".
We were helped out for the big day by Grandma and Grandpa getting the food together, cleaning up and doing anything and everything we needed to have done - thank you!
We also had family photographer, Lisa Marie, take some photos for us of the big day since we were a little occupied ;) We get the CD tomorrow and will be posting all the pictures on our website under Brendan's 5th Birthday. I'll include a few here for those of you eager for a sneak peek! She did an excellent job - especially given the number and exuberance of her subjects. We are planning to do some family photos with her outdoors this spring. If you are interested in her contact info or seeing some of her work, just let me know!
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Looks like you had a lot of fun! Wish we could have made it!!
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