Seven

Noah turned SEVEN in November. I was fairly okay with him turning six, but seven is way closer to ten that I can believe. Here is his last night as a six year old. He lost one of his front teeth nine days before his birthday. Two balls ricocheted off each other in the gym at his after school program and one of them hit him in the face. It wasn't ready to fall out, so it's going to be a while before it grows back.

Since his party was the weekend after his birthday this year, we let him open a couple gifts on his actual birthday. He received two Pokemon mini lego kits and a super deluxe Pokemon book.

We also took him to Build-A-Bear as he had his heart set on making a Pokemon character ever since Wyatt "adopted" Charmander while were on vacation. Noah decided to make Meowth.

Charlotte loved Build-A-Bear and kept giving random animals a bath. She is going to be so excited when it's her turn to make one.

We held Noah's kid party at a local pizza parlour. The kids got a tour of the kitchen and then made their own pizzas.

 

One of the boy's sisters came, Charlotte's little friend, Mackenzie, from her former daycare. They are still too shy to play together, but maybe next year.

While the pizza was cooking we played pizza Bingo.

Instead of a cake, I asked the store to make a pizza-shaped cupcake cake. It came out great!

And then we did presents. It was a little wild with a room full of six and seven year old boys (and a few girls), but it was a fun and successful party.

Afterwards, we had family over for the family party. Noah chose a minion summer-themed cake for this party (wishful thinking I guess).

He received many, many presents including Pokemon cards, an outdoor basketball hoop, and his favorite: a hatchimal.

 He spent the remainder of the party getting it to hatch