Before we went to bed we had put up the birthday balloons and the Happy Birthday Banner. So we were expecting Donovan to be so excited to see that his big day had finally arrived, after all, he'd been counting down the days since the new calender went on the wall! I happened to wake up about the same time as Donovan so I met him in the living room. Upon seeing the decorations he exclaimed, "I don't like birthdays!" That wasn't exactly what I was expecting for his birthday reaction.
The rest of the morning found Donovan in a similar disposition about everything from breakfast to getting dressed. It was the kind of attitude that makes you consider canceling the entire celebration. But the wheels of destiny were already set in motion. Fortunately his mood did improve toward the evening. And by the time people began showing up he was quite happy and animated.
By 6:00 pm the cake was just coming out of the oven and we were just sitting down to dinner. So when the (adult) guests began to arrive at 6:30 pm we put them to work decorating the Lego cake. Of course the kids were having a blast running through the house and playing with the toys. With all of the adults occupied with finishing the decorations the kids found new levels of excitement.
By 7:00 pm we were ready to sing "Happy Birthday" and have cake an ice cream. All of our guests had arrived so we rounded up the kids and gathered around the table. It did take Donovan a couple tries to get all 4 candles blown out, really cute watching him try. After the cake and ice cream we opened his presents and we were done by 7:30 pm. It was short and sweet and provided Donovan with his Birthday moment of Chaos.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONOVAN!
