Monday, January 15, 2007
 You could say Hunter's birthday celebration has been going on for at least a week now. Stevie, my mother's helper, brought Hunter a cake last week that she made for him in school. That was the beginning of it all. Saturday was Hunter's birthday party at the YMCA which turned out to be a huge success. There was very little work involved on my part and everyone had a good time. The kids all swam for an hour and then we served up cake and ice cream. Of course, since Hunter hates frosting, he chose to have Marble Cake, one of my favorites too.
 After cake and ice cream we let Hunter open his presents and Wow! Did he ever get a lot of nice gifts. Poor Uncle Nate who just happened to be in town on business, came by and got stuck holding all the loot. He got an extra piece of Marble Cake out of it though, and I hope he didn't mind too much. Hunter spent the rest of the evening and the next day opening his presents one by one and assembling them (and also refusing to share them.)
 This morning Hunter chose to have Swedish Pancakes for breakfast. We managed to fit all eight candles in one pancake and Grandma Stout called just in time to join in with us while we sang him Happy Birthday. Then he had a Talent Show practice, played Monopoly with Uncle Nate and Daddy, and has since retreated to his bedroom to play with more presents. Somewhere amidst all the errands and jobs around the house we'll find time to let him open a few presents we have for him and maybe fix him up something special for dinner. Until then I've got rice krispie treats to make because of course, the festivities don't end tonight. He's got a classroom celebration to take care of tomorrow and he's the main event!
posted by Shana # 4:15 PM 
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