Nathan's 7th Birthday

When we had Hyrum's Cat in the Hat party Nathan begged me to do a Lorax party for his birthday. He was excited to help with the planning and waiting the two weeks from Hyrum's birthday to his birthday was almost more than he could stand. When I told him that his cousins, Andie, Brendan, Jeremy and Hailey, would be here for the party he was even more excited and the wait seemed a little more worth it.


The Food

Breakfast for dinner?  Absolutely!  Marshmallows and Chocolate Teddy Grahams?  Yum!

The kids raved about the strawberry pancakes, the boys were thrilled to see such a full platter of bacon truffula trunks  and you can't go wrong in this house with fruit.


We moved out to the garage for Thneedville Bowling and the Truffula Ring Toss. 

I was explaining how to play each game when LeRoy, Kellie and Erika naturally gravitated where help was needed. LeRoy was the official hula hoop retriever and cheered on those doing the tossing.  Kellie set up the Thneedville characters for bowling each time they were knocked down.  Erika handed out Tootie-Frooties truffula treats after each person had their turn.  I particularly enjoyed being an observer and participant instead of being the one directing everything. Watching all the laughs, smiles and encouraging interactions felt like I was getting a glimpse of our eternal happily ever after.

The day before the party, after LeRoy, Derek and I finished the truffula trees, Nathan walked by, backed up and exclaimed, "those truffula trees are awesome!"  I hadn't told him what we were making so we were all thrilled that he knew exactly what they were.  When I explained that they would be tossing a hula hoop over the truffula trees Nathan interrupted me and said, "I get it!  Who-la-hoop!"  Oh, my clever boy!  All these themed, play on word parties are paying off.

For Thneedville Bowling I printed these pictures and taped them to varied sizes of containers from our recycling bin and added rocks to weigh the containers down (so the wind wouldn't blow them over) and make the game a little more challenging. The object of the game was to see if you could knock over Mr. O'Hare on the first try.


 The Cake

I have no idea where this look came from but we saw it numerous times during the night and found it quite entertaining.

This picture is one of my favorite from the party.  It sums up his excitement, is a clue to the silliness that went on, and is a pictorial description of the high we were all suffering from due to the sugar loaded dinner and cake that we pumped into our bloodstream.


If I had to pick one word to describe Nathan's last year it would be "reading".  He LOVES reading.

He reads until his eyes can't read another word.