So excited to be six!

Davin talked about turning six since the day after he turned five. Birthdays are a big deal for him and he was very involved in planning the details. He wanted to invite his school class (17 kids, yikes!) and wanted to do a carnival-themed party (adopted after the Xbox Kinect game "Carnival"). We both had a blast putting the day together and it went perfectly!

We started off the morning with our traditional birthday breakfast, including a birthday candle in Davin's waffle. Rowan would spend the day vacillating between excitement over being able to glean from the birthday spoils to utter disappointment over not being the special boy of the day.

Davin and his teacher, Ms. Gosnell

Rowan and I brought mini cupcakes to Davin's class so that he could celebrate at school.

Davin's party started later in the afternoon. We set up carnival games around our driveway; some of the games included ring toss on pop bottles, duck pond, truck race (down our big hill), knock down aluminum cans, and boxing. The kids had a great time and the hit of the party was the truck race which was virtually free to do! The kids earned tickets from participating in the games that they could exchange for prizes. Chris was in charge of making the exchange.

The sugar coma sets in...

After games, we had a cookout dinner, birthday cake, and opened presents. My friend, Amee, decorated Davin's cake and it was amazing! Davin was spoiled by his friends, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and parents. Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts!

I simply adore our Davin. He is funny, silly, charming, sweet, and brilliant in so many ways. It is so amazing to watch him grow and learn, and I'm so excited to share this year with him.

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