Mathew is 6

Somehow, this year not only did Ethan's birthday and Mother's Day converge, Mathew's Birthday and Father's Day managed to partner up. As any mother knows, I simply cannot show love to more than one person at a time, so naturally we had Mathew's celebrations on Saturday AND Monday and let Dad enjoy Sunday.

SO!

Mathew requested that his birthday dinner be...roast beef? spaghetti and meatballs? Chicken cordon bleu? No!

Burger King!

Awesome! I can honestly say we have never been to the King of Burgers while living in Arky. Perhaps that would explain the allure.

We planned a friend party for the following Monday and so we let him open Grandma Kathleen's present at the "restaurant". She got him the coolest toy EVER. Zoobs. Seriously. Go get some. Your kids will love them and they won't even choke on them. These are not those dangerous magnet thingies.
On Monday we did the Chuck e cheese birthday party. Mathew requested a vanilla cake with yellow icing and horses in a circle.

Done!




We all enjoyed the games and feats of strength:




Proving even Chuck e cheese can be fabulous.


While I wasn't paying attention, the life sized Chuck e cheese came over to my kids and bestowed upon them hundreds of tickets. Single tickets. You may already know how time consuming it is to feed large quantities of single tickets into the counter machine that makes the chomping noise.

I really love this man. Thanks for your sacrifice.
And everybody's favorite part: the agonizing choice between a laffy taffy and the spider ring.


Happy Birthday Mathew! You are one super kid.