Cooper's Birthday Morning

Since Cooper's birthday was on Monday, and his party was scheduled for Saturday, we decided to wait till Saturday to celebrate his birthday at all. This way, if he knew his birthday was on Monday, but he couldn't eat his cake or open presents (which he associates with birthdays) till Saturday, it would feel like an eternity to the little guy. So we just waited till Saturday. So Saturday morning, he knew it was his birthday. He came downstairs to find the house all decorated in yellow and red streamers with orange basketball balloons all over the place. There were presents on the fireplace for him and a cake, which he requested, a Mad Ant cake. What a happy day!

Cooper got a scooter for his birthday, and a spiderman battery powered toothbrush. He has been jealous of Jaxton's battery powered race car toothbrush and was excited to open his very own from Mom & Dad. No doubt he loved his scooter and rides it all through the house all the time!!

So about 6 months ago, I asked Cooper what kind of birthday he wanted to have and what kind of cake. Without a question, he told me he wanted a Mad Ants birthday. That is the local basketball team mascot here in Fort Wayne. He never changed his mind on that ever since he first thought of it. So that is what he got, a Mad Ants birthday! It took quite a bit of thought to figure out how to make a Mad Ants cake, but I think it turned out pretty good. After opening his presents in the morning, he asked, "but where is my cake?" I took him to see it since I finished it late the night before and he never saw the final result. We captured this look of joy on his face when he saw that cake! What a cutie!!