lukie turns 6

Luke's 6th Birthday was a fun one.  He went to school, and Ben went with him and helped him hand out donuts to his class.  Luke wasn't too fond of the attention, so his teacher handed them out, and they kept it low key.  As long as Luke felt special and loved, it didn't matter if he was the center of attention or not. 

After school, he got to go see Tamatha, his favorite person, and his therapist.  He LOVES going to see her, and he really wanted to see her on his Birthday.  He had a fun time with her, and she gave his some fun Birthday gifts.

After Tamatha, it was off to Silver Eagle, Luke's favorite place.  It is a gas station right here close to our neighborhood, but it is a weekly tradition to take Luke after school on Friday to get a hot dog and a candy there.  The ladies that work there love Luke and Molly and always fuss over them.

Then it was home to get ready for the party.  I had plans of doing a simple party of a few games, some cake and ice cream, and presents.  It was the last week of school, it was absolutely crazy busy, and I didn't have time to do a huge detailed, themed party. 

Too bad Luke came up to me, 2 days before his birthday, with is big blue eyes and long eyelashes looking at me, his freckled nose and white hair making him so innocent and sweet, and his cute little voice asking me if he could PLEASE have a minecraft Birthday party.  I said yes...and then I stayed up half the night on Pinterest trying to figure out how to pull off of Minecraft party in two days.  Two very busy, full, crazy days.

I enlisted a ton of help from Mary and her friend Alina, and we set to work. 
I spent a lot of time at the Fed Ex store printing of ridiculous amounts of Minecraft stuff, spent 2 hours at Walmart in Spanish Fork, during Mary's cheer practice, and then an entire day assembling stuff.  Good thing I love Luke.

Luke waited for the big moment, and pretty soon, we had a house full of friends, Minecraft stuff everywhere, and a very happy Luke!


pin the head on the minecraft zombie

 

exploding minecraft TNT.  (coke mixed with mentos)

The TNT was a HUGE hit!

 

We taped these "Minecraft creepers" down in the basement, and the kids shot them with nerf guns.  This was by far the favorite game!

 

minecraft bingo

Ben was the Bingo man for this game

A small part of the food table

the potion

Mary and Alina helping to make Luke's cake.  They saved me!!!!

Luke had a great time at his party, and he handled the social part of it really well, even with being the center of attention lot, which he doesn't like.  He has so many friends that love him, and had a fun time celebrating him.

Fun facts about Luke:

He LOVES minecraft.
He is very smart with building, engineering, mechanics, tools, anything of that nature.
He and I have a special prayer that we do every night.  It is our sweet moment together, and I hope it never changes.
Luke's best friend is Boston Sweat.
His favorite color is kind of blue and kind of green.
His favorite food is cheese pizza.
He is amazing with Legos, and he builds legos every single day.
He weighs 41 pounds.
Luke loves to sing opera, very loudly, when he thinks nobody is listening.
His favorite store is Silver Eagle and the dollar store.
Some of his other friends:  Kai Russell, Luke Phillips, Joey Goates, Dawson Boone, Evalyn Deyer, and Tucker and Harper Holmes
He is very sweet, soft hearted and is not one to instigate arguments or problems in the home.  He is a total momma's boy, and he totally has my heart.

Love you Lukie!

Happy 6th Birthday