Happy 5th Birthday to Ethan!

Ethan celebrated his 5th birthday with three (!) separate days of parties.  His first party was with his friends at Chuck E Cheese.  He has been begging to celebrate here for over one year now, and we resisted since it is not exactly my favorite place.  However, we hosted on a Wednesday night and Ethan was the only party that night, so it seemed as if we had the entire place to ourselves.  Here is before the chaos - an Angry Birds theme party.

Grandpa joined in the party and helped Ethan with the Skee Ball.  Little kids seem to want to throw the ball overhand!

Ethan and his BFF Cole - they have been friends their entire lives.

The main attraction - Chuck E!  Ethan enjoyed not having to share him with another party.

Cake time - Ethan has not told his wish to anyone.

The real reason Ethan desperately wanted his party here - the ticket blaster.  He was so excited to have a turn in the booth, and we worked on strategy for several days (how to grab the tickets and where to put them when he caught them).  However, Ethan figured out the best strategy of all - as soon as he stepped into the booth he instantly picked up the 1000 token ticket from the floor before the wind started, and then stuffed the ticket down his shirt.  The extremely nice party hostess decided to look the other way.  Ethan used it to purchase electronic drum sticks.

Ethan surrounded by all of his buddies.



Party #2 was a family party the following Saturday.  He was so excited to find out what present could be bigger than he is!

Ethan requested a homemade grapefruit pound cake for his birthday at home.

Testing out the new basketball hoop with Grandpa Brett.

And finally party #3 on his actual birthday.  He requested a donut breakfast, a Steak N Shake lunch, and a Smashburger dinner.  I am done with eating burgers for awhile!  Here he is making his third birthday wish.

Opening the last of his presents - Super Heroes, a T Rex, and an original Big Wheels complete with spin out bar.