Common Mom

His birthday is this coming Friday, but we had his party last weekend Dude invited 4 friends to join us for the baseball game and then sleep over. It. Was. A. BLAST! I made him a baseball birthday cake, which he thought was way cool . . . even though the frosting totally sucked (really, Duncan Hines Whipped White Frosting is TERRIBLE!). But, the boys ate it anyway

We also thought it would be fun (and safer!) to make them all matching t-shirts to wear to the game . . . in bright red, so they’re easier for a tired mom’s eyes to keep track of We got these baseball t-shirts on clearance at Target.

 Then we thought it would be cool to make them look like more like baseball jerseys, so we put their names and the number 8 on the back (Princess wanted a 6 since she’ll be 6 - girls!).

With each game ticket, the kids got a hot dog, chips, small soda, Nestle Drumstick birthday treat, and an all game pass to the Fun Zone (bouncy houses, speed pitch, giant slide). We ate dinner and headed to the Fun Zone right away. They had lots of fun, then headed back to their seats to watch the game. The boys got on the giant scoreboard screen multiple times, which was cool - gotta love minor league baseball! At one point, they put the Kiss Cam up . . . the 8 year olds were of course embarrassed for all the fools who were silly enough to kiss in front of everyone

Dude got his name announced over the PA and his name scrolled across the giant scoreboard to say Happy Birthday to him . . . very cool Then, Sox the Fox, the team mascot, came over to give Dude a birthday present - a baseball signed by the team and a miniature wooden bat. All the boys enjoyed their treats . . . not like they hadn’t already had enough sugar

Since it was Friday, there was a fireworks show after the game - the fireworks were spectacular! We headed home and got everyone in bed by 11:00 p.m. They were of course up at 6:30, ready to go . . . so Hubby made M&M Pancakes and sent them out to play. All the boys got along so well and were so well-behaved - it was a pleasure to have all of them. And I must say that I was very impressed with Dude’s choice of party guests. The boy has a wide array of friends . . . one from daycare (he’s known T since he was 8 weeks old), one from preschool, one from down the street (Dude and H share the exact same birthday!), and one that he met in school this year. It was a great group of boys to have over.

So, Dude’s birthday is over until next year . . . and I must say that 8 just seems so old . . . I mean, really, so much older than 7. How can that be? I don’t know . . . but I know I don’t like it!

Oh - I must give a great big thank you to Grandma and Grandpa, who were here on vacation and went to the game with us. I’m sure spending the evening with five 8 year old boys at the baseball game and then having them sleep over in the room right above theirs wasn’t their idea of vacation! But they were very helpful and very wonderful with the boys. Thank you thank you thank you!

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