Punkinface (aka E) is now 4. So that makes him a big boy. He's bigger than everyone - except for his mom he says. And he's faster. Than anyone.
We had his Star Wars/Iron Man party at the house yesterday and he loved it! There were balloons, lots of presents...and a ton of cupcakes covered with blue icing to make them look like a dinosaur. It wasn't in line with the birthday theme - yet too cool to pass up - so I stood an Iron Man Pez dispenser in front of the Brontosaurus and...BAM!
Iron Man vs. the Dinosaur!
A comic book waiting to happen. Anyhoo...
Earlier that day we had lunch with A's grandparents to celebrate E's 4-ness. Spaghetti Warehouse was the venue. Inside of their train car/trolly(?) was the place. It was great and E got the first of his b-day presents. Give a wild guess as to what he got. I'll allow a few moments for gift guessing marination...
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LEGOS! Yes! Star Wars Legos! And these were sweet! Like, brand new, never before seen Mandalorian dudes. They're from the SW extended universe and they are awesome. Boba Fett was a Mandalorian. 'Nuff said.
And after lunch, and an averted overheated SUV radiator scare, we made it home for naps and playtime before the party. To which my mom, bro and sis-in-law joined us for the aforementioned dino-cakes, a surplus of gifts including an army of Iron Man dudes, more Legos, some pretty cool shirts - one of them reads "Dude" on it! - and a large robot guy that has a smaller guy that sits inside and drives him that was E's apparent front-runner for favorite of the day. So if there's a contest for that...mom wins! But we're all winners here, right?
If I'm being honest, I did get a lil' frustrated a few times with the kiddos when I thought a few things were going to go south. Namely: When they flocked to the cupcakes like staples to a magnet, edging E out of the way.
Also mentionable: When the boys began to delegate who got to play with E's new toys, without E being at all involved in the discussion.
I'm gathering the notion along this here journey that kids - usually boys - under a certain age, don't quite fully grasp the idea of some gifts being "not for them." They may very well assume that if there's a new toy introduced into their environment, that said toy is "free game."
Birthdays? So? Christmas? Bah! And while we encourage sharing practically every time we have the kiddos, we also feel the actual present-intendee should get to play with their gifts a bit before they become community property and subsequently lost in the land of Lego weapons and laundered socks.
But, that may just be us. No matter the take on that, the party was a success and the kiddo's had fun. Oh, and E's new Lego guy - a Mandalorian with two guns - is the new master of the other Lego dudes, plus the dude I am, Boba Fett, who is now the "gardener."
Yep, I said "gardener." E means "guard," but so what? I get it. I'm the guard. Gotcha.
