Happy 5th birthday, Katie!

The day started by opening a present from papa and Grannie (that has been in our closet for probably two years now)—doll bunk beds. She was over the moon!

  
Picture with the birthday girl!

Opening her birthday cards—the same card from two people and the zebras matched her outfit! What are the odds?!

The official picture.

Happy 7th Birthday, Owen!

I wasn’t able to find a cool birthday shirt and forgot about buying a pin or anything, so I just printed out a sticker for him!

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I let him open one present before school—a Lego birthday cake.

Of course, building began immediately.

He finished it before he left for school but it was really close and we didn’t have time to get a picture of him with it…so this is from Thursday morning:

When he got home we quick Skyped with Gramma Jean and Grandpa David (in Florida) and Grannie and Papa so everyone could sing Happy Birthday and he could open their presents. Then it was off to the Lego store for the monthly mini build which he completed in under three minutes:

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Katie playing while Owen builds:

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He bought a Minecraft Lego set that was on clearance with some of his birthday money.

And then it was off to Red Robin for dinner (his choice)…where he got surprised with a song and a sundae!

 
Then we stopped at Ikea to get Katie’s new nightlight and then home so Owen could Skype with Uncle Rob and open our gifts. He loved everything (a birthday Dr. Seuss book, a book of pirate mazes, a shooting/target set, and some perler beads and boards), but took the Minecraft book to bed with him. 🙂 

I think he had a good day. 🙂