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Birthday Planning

Hello Again!

Lately my son has been talking about his birthday and what he wants to do for it, even though it’s not until June. It’ll be his 7th birthday and he’s pretty anxious to get older. So we have started planning it and trying to figure out what we want to do, where we want to do it and who we want to invite.

I would like to do a combined birthday party so both my family and his dads family can come to the same one, we will see if his dad will go along with it. Either way Michael and I have already agreed to doing it at the lake so we can do swimming and he is excited about being able to play in the sand. That is if the weather is nice enough, if it rains I honestly don’t know where I would be able to have it with that many people attending.

The most important part, at least to Michael, is the cake! He wants another construction themed birthday party and he wants my sister to make him the same cake she did for his 5th birthday. I was surprised he even remembered the cake and it took me a while to even find a picture of it so we could replicate it.

I probably won’t spend too much money on decorations since it will be outside at a public place and I’m not too worried about the looks since most of the kids will be too busy running around or playing in the water to care about them. I do have a few things in mind though.

I probably won’t do all of the ideas in the video but I will show it to my son and let him pick out his favorites to do. Since his obsession with construction has been since he was 4 it will more than likely be worth spending the money on because I might just end up using it again.

Even though it’s still a few months out I’ve even starting getting excited about throwing him his dream birthday party but mostly because his birthday means summer and warmth and I’m ready for beach days.

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Michael James

Hello!

This weeks blog will be an introduction post for my son Michael. He is 6 years old and in the 1st grade. He was the first grand kid born on my side of the family so he was way too spoiled growing up. My sisters would buy him pretty much anything he wanted, and if it was a little pricey they would all pitch in to get it for him. His dream job is to be a crane operator and no matter how many toy cranes he receives as presents, he wants more, and he gets them.

Michael became a big brother in October of last year and has loved every second of it. He has been the best help with her even when he had a cast on his foot. If she was fussing while I was busy, he would hop on over to her and give her a paci or talk to her to calm her down. He is always asking to hold her and be involved with her, except for when she needs her butt changed. He is one of the best behaved and well mannered kids I know, which makes this single mama’s life 100% easier. I’m so excited to watch them grow up together and see what kind of bond they will have.

Earlier this year he was tested for ADHD and was confirmed he has it. Which explains a lot about his personality and how he functions. He struggles with sitting still and focusing on a specific task. Always moving from one thing to the next, never able to sit for a whole movie or play with one thing for too long. I hadn’t noticed and it wasn’t a problem until it started affecting him in school. He started to fall behind because he wouldn’t sit still and listen to the teacher and focus on his work. We started him on medication for it and he has been improving in his school work and catching up with the rest of his class.

This year he managed to break his arm on the very first day of school, chasing girls of course. Then not even a month after getting his cast off, he fractured his foot and ended up in another one. Now I’m fully prepared for any cast in the future with both an arm and a leg cast cover. The casts didn’t stop us from still having fun, thanks to the cast covers we were even still able to go swimming with the family.