We spent Ricky’s birthday driving toward home. Not the most exciting way to spend your seventh birthday. To try and make it a bit better for him, we did a little celebrating the night before we left. A favorite meal (baked ziti), a bit of cake (decorated with Angry Birds), and a few gifts.
We tried doing his birthday cake outside. Ricky was ready to make that wish …
But there was just enough of a breeze that I couldn’t get the match to the candle so it would light.
So he hurried and made a wish and blew out the match. He might have blown it out before the breeze did … we’ll never know.
It was silly, but it worked and he didn’t seem to care …
Next it was time to open a few gifts. We gave him a few books and a new Nintendo DS game for the ride home …
And the knew-they-would-be-fabulous-if-only-I-could-finish-sewing-them-in-time set of stuffed Angry Birds.
His aunts also gave him some fun gifts, too.
It was only part one of his birthday, but I think Ricky was pretty happy with it!
