J had a wonderful birthday and started his first day of school!(for clarification: his tie is screenprinted on the black sweater. I didn't put him in a tie for school. LOL)
He woke up Sunday morning to donuts and balloons.
and got to play with the toys we bought with the giftcard his grandparents gave him.
I tied balloons to a little firetruck which he wanted to open right away!
On our way to dinner, we saw an actual firetruck!Perfect. :)
Our friends (who have never missed one of our kids birthdays),
There were maybe 3 other customers in the whole place because of the snow, so I set his party up in a quiet corner and then we took our pizza buffet to the movie room which was playing Despicable Me.
I bought licorice to represent fire hoses and firetruck plates/napkins.
Vivi helped me shop for their party favors, candy cups with a fireman action figure.
J loved playing games.
And riding this and the giant rocking pirate ship.
After games it was cupcake time!
He had the sweetest smiles when we sang to him!
Then presents! We gave him a Little People firestation and some bath pirate toys.
Our friends (who have never missed one of our kids birthdays),Jen and Jay met us for pizza!
There were maybe 3 other customers in the whole place because of the snow, so I set his party up in a quiet corner and then we took our pizza buffet to the movie room which was playing Despicable Me.
I bought licorice to represent fire hoses and firetruck plates/napkins.
Vivi helped me shop for their party favors, candy cups with a fireman action figure.
J loved playing games.
And riding this and the giant rocking pirate ship.
After games it was cupcake time!
He had the sweetest smiles when we sang to him!
Then presents! We gave him a Little People firestation and some bath pirate toys.He had a great day! He kept saying "My birfday, Mommy?"
We love you, J!!!
I have several big announcements to make about J!
In other news, J officially graduated from ECI (Early Childhood Intervention) and has qualified for PPCD (Public Preschool for Children with Disabilities), which means he will get to go to school every morning M-F!!! He will actually be going to the same elementary school that Isaac goes to from 7:45-10:45 a.m. this semester and in the fall until his annual review comes up next January. Then they will determine if he still qualifies for PPCD with a speech impairment. I could not be more thrilled because he is going to be in a Pre-K classroom (like Isaac was) with four teachers and will be receiving all of that curriculum plus a speech therapist weekly. The fun part is, he starts on Monday! Why so soon? Well...our little guy will be turning 3 years old this Sunday and the program takes children as soon as they turn 3 and are kicked out of the ECI program.
So onto the final news announcement...as I said, our baby is turning THREE years old!! Can you believe it? He has come such a long way from the chubby little two and a half year old that came home last summer. He is taller, leaner, stronger, and much more active. We have decided to forgo hosting a party because he will have his big adoption party in the Spring/Summer when we finalize. But we will celebrate his birthday, and of course my party planning mind has already taken care of where we will go and the theme! He loves firetrucks so that is the theme of his little family celebration and he loves pizza, so we will take him to his first trip to Gattitown. I bought him some firetruck themed gifts and party favors for he and his siblings. It should be fun!
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