Our big boy turned 6 years old today. He started the morning off with opening presents, something he's been looking forward to all week. One present was a Ninjago Kai clock, from A-ma & A-gong, that came with this little plastic sword. He LOVES it. He loves the clock, too, taking it around the house as if it's a toy doll. Seriously, someone needs to make Ninjago character dolls. It would be a major money maker. His biggest toy of all was from us, the Ninjago Epic Dragon Battle. We waffled on it for a while, but seeing that it's been selling out everywhere, and I found it at Target, along with a coupon & 5% savings with my Target card, I got it. PopPop & Nana helped pitch in for it. We explained to him that it's such a big gift that 4 people had to go in on it together, and that he may not always get something so large. I'm telling you, this set is intense. Something like 900+ pieces. That should keep him (and David) busy for a while.
We let Vincent pick what he wanted to have for breakfast. He chose McDonald's. Heck, why not? We bundled the kids up and headed out. We told them there would be no asking for toys, which I don't think they even do at breakfast. But, once there, Tyler blurted out to the cashier that it's Vincent's birthday, and lo and behold, she gave them each a toy. Nice gal.
Vincent almost finished his entire breakfast of 3 pancakes, sausage patty and hash brown. I was amazed as I watched him eat, and eat. Finally, he just stopped, and said, "Uh, I'm full!"
After breakfast, David and Tyler dropped Vincent and I off at the hair salon for him to get a haircut. David took Tyler to drop of stuff to be donated. It took much convincing to get Vincent to cut his hair, as he's grown more and more attached to it. He and I looked at several photos of guys' cuts, before settling on one. The stylist took off more from the back than we asked, but it still looks great.
The rest of the afternoon was pretty mellow. We ate lunch at home, and hung out there for a long time until dinnertime. Vincent chose to go to the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner, as we received a free birthday coupon for a kids' meal. He's sweet. He said, it'll help us save money.
It was so super crowded at the restaurant, and super cold and windy outside! We had a 15-20 minute wait, which wasn't too bad. Unfortunately, we didn't get to sit in the trolly, like the kids wanted. I've never seen this location so busy. Vincent finished his entire plate of spinach tortellini, what he always orders. The guys sang him "happy birthday" with his ice cream, and he was a happy kid.
Happy birthday to our sweet, sensitive, funny, active, loud, curious, smart, friendly, handsome 6 year old, Vincent!
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