Preface: Jack got invited to his best buddy Ben’s birthday party about a month before. It was at All About Kids (a local gymanastics) and he had a blast. The party coincided with Jack’s new learning of “association”… as a result all birthdays or mentions of birthdays were known as “Ben’s birthday”.
Fast forward to May 4. The Derby was on, the menu was Mexican — celebrating Cuatro de Mayo, Bluth style — and we were ready to celebrate. And, since everyone enjoyed the menu last year, Mom and Dad made it easy on themselves and just ordered up the same. Down to the fabulous banana/chocolate cake from CakeFlour.
Considering we were already dubbing the day Cuatro de Derby, we thought we’d do the little man a favor and open presents before dinner and the race. So this happened:
In rookie fashion, we had Jack open the gift from Nana and Granda first — they were Postman Pat books. And thus, the next gift opened received the disappointed welcome of “not Pat” from the Pat-obsessed kid. There were musical books, regular books, train sets, cars, a tool set, an art table and clothes. He truly is blessed to have such giving family and friends. And, its a good thing the playroom is up and running 🙂
After the race, in which, for the first time ever, a non-Hauer won the pot (nice work Johanna) and a quick singing of Happy Birthday in which his eyes lit up as he soaked up the attention (video available on request); I kept the video camera rolling…
Jack thanks everyone for coming out yet again. Perhaps next year his parents will be brave enough to invite some folks his own age. As long as there are beer margaritas and Lillies it’ll be just fine, right?
Fast forward another two weeks, and his actual birthday was celebrated with the arrival of a kitchen set from IKEA. For. The. Win.
The Hauer Family 