Hayden's 6th Birthday!

On December 15, Hayden turned 6 years old. We had a party with Jerry's family the weekend before his birthday. He was excited all weekend for everyone to come celebrate.
..him. Any idea where he gets that?? :) He was SO excited about his cake. We checked online to find some good ideas for a Star Wars cake. Once he saw a picture of this cake he was in love and didn't want to even look at any more cakes.

One thing Hayden has been asking for for a long time has been a suit, so he can look just like Jerry. He finally got one for his birthday and was so excited.

Here is the cake...

And again...

And another angle...

Pretty excited about how it turned out. Someday I'll take a cake decorating class and actually learn how to decorate cakes, but till then I have fun figuring it out on my own.

We had a fun party with family, and then had a little gathering with friends on his actual birthday. I wasn't planning on doing another friend party since we did one last year. We had a great time last year, but I had planned to only do friend parties every couple years. Well, he guilted me into it. What a persuasive boy. He asked for just a few of his friends that he sees the most. Friends from church were the ones on his mind when he made the list, because it was Sunday night. I'm glad he didn't want to invite all his friends from school. I think I would have nixed that party. I have a complex about throwing parties. I get stressed, and our house is too small to have a big party here, so we just went to McDonald's ate dinner and played, played, played. It was a fun way to make his birthday very fun, and super easy.


Here are some things about Hayden at 6.
Favorite Foods: Cheesy pizza (tortillas with melted cheese on top)
Cheese sandwiches, chicken and rice, pb&j sandwiches, and he dips most of his food in ranch dressing.
Favorite shows: Phineas and Ferb, and he usually has to watch whatever his sisters are watching and he doesn't complain.
Favorite thing to do: Play video games. That boy's ears perk up when he hears any mention of video games, or playing for free (not having to pay tokens to play) or when he hears Jerry turn on the console. And he is really very good at the games. He also loves to play with friends. It is never enough. He can have friends over to play for several hours, and 10 minutes after they leave he's asking who is coming over next.
He is such a good boy. He gets along well with others really well. He loves school and he's really smart. He gets excited so easily and is such a joy to have around. We love him so much and I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful boy as my son.