You can imagine how many he wanted. I was feeling awfully tired and harried at the time, and I wouldn't have done a party at all, but, honestly, this kid deserved a party. This funny, stubborn, compulsive, crazy, thoughtful, willful, difficult, lovely boy deserved a BIG party.
This is the face William makes when people are looking at him:
He wanted a chocolate cake with balloons on it. (Okay, actually he wanted a chocolate cake in the shape of a pirate ship, but HELL no.) ( Listen, I am willing to throw a party for twenty kids, but I draw the line at spending weeks of my life in the kitchen cursing and crying and trying to figure out how to bake a cake in the shape of a boat, I HAVE THINGS TO DO.) (also, does all that work make the cake more delicious? No, it does not.) (He loved his balloon cake.)
He blew out the candles:
I mean, he tried to blow out the candles:
and Christofer responded really inappropriately; there was just no need to flip off the children.
Finally he got it.
and there was much cheering and rejoicing and cake eating. Seriously, there was a ton of cake eating. I gave those kids huge pieces. Their parents all love me, I'm sure.
William opening his presents, surrounded by friends:
I'm always telling William I'm going to shrink him back to four, because I can't stand for him to get any older. That's not really true. As much as I'll miss the sweet and wild William he's been, I love the grown-up, independent, smart William he's becoming.
So. Don't grow up too fast, William, but truthfully I can't wait to see what comes next.
2 comments:
Now I see what kind of party you throw...adults flipping off children! Sheesh! ;)
And I didn't mind at ALL that you loaded up my kids with enormous pieces of cake and lots of candy. I sent my kids to Brittney's that night :)
I love you and I am glad you are back to posting. I laughed throughly!!
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