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My babies turned six this past Sunday. It’s hard to believe just how fast they are growing up and how opinionated they are.
Alyssa had gotten Heelys for her birthday in January. Andy thought they were the coolest thing and began wearing Alyssa’s old (and much too big for him) Heelys. Obviously, at that point, Heelys went on the birthday list for the boys.
Andy continually asked for Heelys for his birthday. “Mom, I want Heelys for my birthday.” It was all cute… until this past Saturday.
Andy: “Mom, you better get me Heelys for my birthday.”
Me: “Andy, that is not how we talk. It’s not very nice to demand things like that.”
Andy: “Well, you better get me Heelys.”
Me: “We’ll just have to wait and see now won’t we?”
Alex was extremely excited about getting his cake. Every time we went to the grocery store for the past couple of months, he would head to the bakery department and say, “I want the driving cake.” I took both boys to order it. Alex knew we were going to pick it up on Saturday. All day he kept asking if we could go get it. We had the heating and cooling guy out to fix our furnace so we couldn’t leave until after he finished. Alex was having a hard time understanding.
Alex: “Can we go get the cake?”
Tim: “Later.”
Alex: “Is it later yet?”
Tim: “NO.”
A little while later…
Alex: “Is it time now?”
Me: “No, the guy is here fixing the furnace so we can’t leave until he’s done.”
Alex: “But it is taking FOREVER.”
Later…
Alex: “Can we go now?”
Tim: “Get in the van and let’s go.”
Alex: “Wahoo!”
On the way home, I’m holding the cake (in the passenger seat) and Alex (is sitting right behind me) is on the very edge of his seat looking over my shoulder looking at the cake box with a big smile on his face. He couldn’t have been happier.
We were getting ready for bed. Andy realized there weren’t any presents.
Andy: “Where are the presents? Are you going to buy them when we are asleep?”
Tim: “Do you think you’ve been good enough to get presents?”
Me: “You’ll have presents, don’t worry.”
The kids went up to put their pjs on. I brought the presents up from the basement and put them on the hearth. Andy came downstairs to get a drink.
Andy: “There’s the PRESENTS! Alex, the presents are downstairs!!! Do we get to open them in the morning?”
Me: “Yes, you can open them in the morning. But you have to wait for us.”
Andy: “Do we have to wait for Alyssa?” She likes to sleep in and he knows it.
Me: “Yes, you have to wait for your sister. But if it gets too late, we’ll wake her up.”
Sunday arrived and they were SO excited. They were happy with their gifts and thrilled that we had decided to take them to Chuck E Cheese’s. All in all, a good day.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Oh yes, these kids can be so impatient when it comes to birthdays! Hehehe
March 10th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Happy Birthday Alex and Andy!