<\/a>Yesterday, Chayton turned 8 years old. We’ve been celebrating all weekend. What did he ask for? Minions!<\/p>\n We invited a couple boys over to the house on Saturday for an afternoon party filled with Dr. Nefario’s experiments. It was filled with fun and just a little bit of mess.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/a>After reading Gru’s rules (You will not cry or whine or laugh or giggle or sneeze or burp or fart. NO ANNOYING SOUNDS), we let them in. First item – figure out how to use Dr. Nefario’s Anti-Gravity Serum (aka bubbles).<\/p>\n Dr. Nefario also left us a Secret Exploding Experiment that needed Minions to test it: Diet Coke and Mentos! Even The Sisters got in on that one.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next, the Minions had to recreate El Macho’s volcano. More exploding fun!<\/p>\n After all of that experimenting, a Minion is bound to get hungry. CUPCAKES! Chayton and Kaija did these all by themselves!<\/p>\n With proper amounts of sugar in their bodies, the Minions were able to take off on one final activity – a potato sack race.<\/p>\n That evening, Big Grandma came to the house for dinner and more CUPCAKES!<\/p>\n It is so wonderful to be able to share these moments with here. Once Big Grandma left, the girls headed over to their friend’s house for a sleep-over. It was a Chayton – Mommy – Daddy Evening. His favorite kind!<\/p>\n Sunday started with our traditional Daddy & Child B’day Breakfast. Courtney got Chayton to pick Panera (over IHOP) by promising him not only a bagel, but a bagel, a breakfast sandwich and a special drink (HiC). Of course Chayton picked Panera! Courtney was happy. Chayton was happy. I got a coffee. I was happy.<\/p>\n After breakfast, we started with the family birthday presents. First up – an aquarium! Thank you Grandma & Grandpa. Now that we had a fish tank, we needed to start getting items to fill it. Off we went to get a couple of plants and some rocks. Next weekend, we’ll be able to start adding fish. He has been asking, consistently, for a gold fish since this summer. He’s so excited that he gets to have more than one fish!<\/p>\n B’day Boy’s lunch request – Octopus and Seaweed. Yum.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/a> Courtney and I have secretly been planning to give his room a little make-over, too. And with his birthday gifts – everything has come together.<\/p>\n
That means lots of cupcakes. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
<\/a>Chayton was a trooper while we were decorating the girls’ bedroom. He was the first to help out with setting things up and picking things out.<\/p>\n