Atticus's 7th Birthday and Party

Since we took Atticus to the Astros game, he knew we were not throwing a friend birthday party. He seemed to be completely ok with that. His birthday fell on a Monday, so he had school and a baseball game that night, so it was going to be hard to squeeze all of the family festivities into the day, but we did it! First of all, that morning, he dressed in his new Astros gear for school. He had a cinnamon roll with a candle in it so we could sing. Then, Grace and I took Atticus lunch at school (Torchy's Tacos) for his birthday. The funny thing he asked me that morning was "when are you going to setup for my birthday party?" I realized that he wanted to know when I was going to decorate. Fortunately, I'd already ordered some sports balloons from HEB and I was making a sports themed cake, but all of a sudden I realized he was expecting decorations! So, Grace and I went to the dollar store and got lucky enough to find some table/banner/cups/plates/decorations before we grabbed his lunch that morning! Whew!

We decorated a little; added some sunflower seeds and peanuts in bowls on the table; made his cake; wrapped his gifts and made a real party for him! When he got home from school, he seemed pleased. It's just funny because I wouldn't have thought that was so important to him, but I was glad it was. Birthdays are fun!

I'll show the day in photos:

 It was an early Monday morning for Atticus's birthday breakfast of Melbo's cinnamon rolls!

 On the way to school as a 7 year old!

 While Atticus was at school, Everly and Grace and I started making his birthday cake. Oh now that Everly realizes what licking spatulas is and what batter is, she wants to help with EVERY thing we bake. Reminds me of another little girl in my house...Grace!

 She's really no help at all, except she is cute. She wants to put her finger in just the dry stuff - she doesn't care what it is, she needs a lick!

 Grace and I took lunch to Atticus at school and sat on the stage with him.

When I picked Atticus up from school, he was SO excited because he got EIGHT laps on his birthday for running day in PE! This was the most he got all year!

 He had a baseball game on his birthday, which he was excited about! And this girl - she was too funny that night. This is the field behind ours and where we were sitting. Well, she took my Sonic drink (unsweet tea with ice - she loves it) and decided to plop herself in this spot. She just entertained herself for a long time. She wasn't bothering the other game or team in that dugout, so I just watched her and let her play. She was just too funny under the "foul ball hazard" sign! https://youtu.be/vXxufw2i-2o

 It was a great night because Atticus's team won their game! And here he is with Brody, his friend in his class and on his team!

 We got home to enjoy cake and presents. Here is the cake I came up with. Honestly, I was SO proud it worked. I had to Pinterest myself away to figure out how to make those sports balls on top and then of course decorating is always just trial and error. But, it turned out cute and Atticus loved it - which is always my goal!

 The kids had to eat dinner and take baths before cake. We decided instead of party hats, we would all wear Atticus's baseball caps!

 

 And then we sang happy birthday! Everly was REALLY wanting cake, but I still think we sang to him twice! https://youtu.be/YuhmlqipMuE

 

 And then we opened presents: Atticus got clothes, legos, football and baseball cards, and more!

 He was pretty excited about this binder of football cards I scored at his school's auction carnival! https://youtu.be/MGFdf_behHU

Happy Birthday to our great son Atticus!

Astros Game with Atticus

For Atticus's 7th birthday this year, we decided instead of a friend birthday party, we would take him to a Houston Astros baseball game. GG was in town for his birthday weekend, so she kept the girls and we went on Sunday, the 29th to a 1pm game. It is always fun to have one-on-one kid time, but it is not often that it is both parents with one kid. So, we were excited to take Atticus because he loves baseball and we really thought he'd love going to a game.

 Our almost 7 year old!

 It was air conditioned inside which was so nice and they didn't even open the top for the game. I'm always hot at this point in pregnancy, so I loved the a/c!

 Family pic!

 We had to take pictures everywhere...and including the baby in this one!

 Atticus liked finding the players names around the top of the field and on the ground that were some of Astros best - including Nolan Ryan!

 After the game, we walked back to the truck and then headed to Pappadeaux's Seafood for dinner. I had just recently talked about how good this restaurant was and since Atticus liked seafood, he thought we needed to go here for dinner! It was great timing around 5pm, so nobody was there and we enjoyed a great meal of lots of fried seafood.

After dinner, because it was his birthday, the waitress brought out a FREE dessert. I was so surprised. He could pick anything he wanted from their selection and this was huge! It was probably a $10 dessert, but they just gave it to him. He loves sweets, so he loved this!

It was a really fun day having Atticus only time. The game was great and the Astros won! Plus, it was exciting - lots of action and a couple of home runs. The funniest part was that our seats were on the very top row of the highest tier. When I bought them, I went back and forth deciding which price range to buy because tickets are not cheap. I wanted a good view of the field for us and didn't mind being up high, but thought I'd splurge. Well, the original tickets that would have put us one tier lower went into my cart and then I saw that there were all kinds of fees added on that almost equaled the price of another ticket! So, I went back and bought the 4th tier tickets since I had to pay all of those fees. And we decided that was ok. We get to the game and realize we are on the VERY TOP ROW! How did that happen? It was just funny. Also, Atticus is a shopper even though he never has any money. Well, the gift shop was on my list because I wanted to buy him an Astros tshirt, since I hadn't found one before the game. So, we did and he really wanted baseball cards but we couldn't find the team baseball cards, only a pack of historic cards, which we decided he could have. Then, after the game, he really wanted a baseball, and I decided to give in because it was his birthday event. And then we found the regular team cards. He went home with lots of loot! But, sometimes, when it's your birthday, that's just what happens!

Happy early 7th Birthday Atticus!