RJ’s birthday was loads of fun. After school, we gathered up most of his classmates and walked them to the park near our house, where we enjoyed fruit, snacks and cupcakes! We had a nice dinner and more cake that night with Grammy and Poppa. The next day, RJ invited two of his friends to go see a movie with us in the city. Happy birthday RJ!
RJ's favorite present was this jaw from a 10ft lemon shark.
Just four days before his actual birthday, RJ held his amazing pirate birthday party. He very specifically planned everything, from the location down to exactly what would be on the cake. Thanks to his meticulous plans (and a bit of assistance from his entourage), everything went according to plan. Major events were sword making, a treasure hunt, taking over a pirate ship, firing cannons and eating (an RJ favorite).
Toothpaste?! Bah! Real pirates use rum!
(in the car on the way to school)
Dad: (starting an imagination game) So you two head down to the park one day and there’s something strange there that you’ve never seen before.
RJ and LR discuss exploring it, identifying that it’s an alien rocket ship, and finding the door.
Dad: You can’t find a door handle on the outside.
LR: So we run home and get some saws and come back.
RJ: And we grab an axe too!
LR and RJ: And we SMASH and CHOP the door open and run inside and steal the spaceship and fly it home!!!
