Ethan's 9th Birthday

Ethan got to spread his birthday out over the weekend, which was fun.  His birthday fell on a Friday, so he celebrated with his class at school. That morning he requested Egg and Bacon Croissant Sandwiches and Fruit for breakfast.

After school we went to the Skirball Museum and met up with cousins to play at the Noah's ark exhibit. On the way home we stopped and had a picnic dinner at the park.  The kids were having so much fun we stayed much later than we meant to.  It was well past dark, but luckily the park had lights because of swim lessons happening next to it.

Cousins slept over Friday night, so Saturday was another day of fun.

Ethan once again designed and decorated his cake.  He told me he wanted green and brown fondant, oreos and a chocolate cake.  

I got the supplies and made the cake, but he took over the decorating and had a great time doing it. I think the idea for the circle was to have it be the winner's circle for the monster trucks.

We had a family birthday dinner at Great Grammy and Great Grampy's house on Sunday night.  His dinner request was Chinese Chicken Salad and Potstickers.  He is a salad lover, which always makes me smile as I imagine him in the future as an athletic high schooler downing a huge salad at lunch everyday.