EZ turned 9 on May 26th and for some reason that sounds so old to me! He is also acting so much older. He likes to hang and play board games with the adults and he has really gotten into magic and especially card tricks. He is learning new tricks off of YouTube all the time and he had me set him up with a blog and a YouTube channel, so he could write about fun entertaining things and post videos of his magic tricks. Watch out world!
He was lucky that he got to celebrate his birthday multiple times. First, my parents came to town for Memorial Day Weekend and so we celebrated with them. EZ requested I make school cafeteria peanut butter bars and I was more than happy to because they are amazing. I have been looking for a really good recipe for these for a while and my friend Nikki sent some over with her husband, who is our home teacher and I was hooked.
EZ finally got the light pack for his most recent version of the Skylanders video games. I think my kids will be getting Skylanders for the rest of their lives at the rate they keep coming out with new versions.
His birthday was on a school day and I had plans for making a treat for him to take in to his class, and then I got a killer ear infection and so John grabbed donuts instead and of course everyone was just as happy. That night he got to pick where we all ate for dinner and he picked Popeye's. He and John love that place, but it just makes me feel sick every time. But, I will take one for the team for a special birthday treat and pay for it dearly the next day.
His birthday party was at the Y and they did and AMAZING job. The party hostess was unbelievable. She learned all of the boys names and I don't think I even knew all of them. They provided all the decorations and the plates and what not. All I had to bring was the cake and some snacks. The boys got to play a bunch of different games in the gym and again the hostess did a great job of making sure everyone had a good time. They also got to go swimming and the best part was that because everyone was over 8, I didn't have to get in!
EZ wanted a Star Wars party and I just happened to find the Darth Vader cake ban on clearance for 5 bucks and it turned out great! I also found a really fun method for melting buttercream icing and then pouring it over the cake to give it a nice smooth finish like fondant. Luckily, it actually worked because making this cake was a one shot deal. My ear infection, which I thought was from a sinus infection, actually ended up being cellulitis and I had to go on 2 different rounds of antibiotics and for the first few days I was on heavy pain meds, during which time Netta starting barfing then passed that along to me, so basically I was a hot mess. But, I promise I was healthy enough to make the cake and I didn't pass on any of my craziness to the party guests.
