The Daily Hailey

A little late, but here’s the skinny on Dekker’s eighth birthday party! 

Dekker had a list of what he wanted to do on his birthday. It read:

Montanas
Grandma, Aunty Jerry, Cher
Bike ride

In the beginning of the summer, he was “planning” for a really lavish party somewhere expensive with EVERYONE he knew attending. This was much more our style. I was so relieved that he was truly happy with this! Lol!

So while his bday was on Wednesday, we made our way to Montanas on Tuesday, because in case you didn’t know, kids eat free on Tuesday!! Also, our amaaaazing balloon twister alternates Montanas locations on Tuesdays 🙂 We couldn’t not go on the right day!! We made a reservation and arrived shortly before 5:00. The manager served us, and informed us right off the hop they were understaffed and overbooked. We had noticed, haha! It was hoppin’ in there, but we never had to wait long! Our server was basically running the entire time, but she was super friendly, and addressed each kid individually rather than just counting on me to tell her what they wanted. I liked that. 

While we waited for our food, I tried to take pictures of people. Didn’t work out great, but it was alright 🙂 

We missed you, Cher! 

Then the balloon guy came. He is always a total riot, but I think I can pretty confidently say he remembers us! We haven’t seen him tons and tons, maybe five times ish, but he remembered Dekker’s name, and he knew that Rowan was a boy! Thats not especially common, so I think he remembers us 🙂 He made ALL of us a balloon! Photos after the fact:

Dekker got a dirt bike. Laela got a monkey in a banana tree, Rowan got a goat (my fave,) and Solly got a hammer. My mom got a little guitar, but unfortunately Dekker got SO excited that he took it. Mom forgave him 😉 And Jerilee and I got bracelets. Because we’re fancy ladies. 

So Dekker was MOST excited for the song and hat and the whole Montanas’s shabang. Last year was the first time we went through with the actual production of a Montana’s birthday and he had rocked with it. He was SO excited for it this time again 🙂 He did great, and did even greater at eating his two desserts! Lol! He was SO jazzed on sugar, it was pretty cute. The other kids indulged in their cookies and wagon wheels and beat on each other with their balloons and had a generally energetic, happy time. 

Dekker opened a STACK of presents. He hauled in the bday gift department this year, WOW! Lego, books, lazers – some lightup and some noisy, a card, and a skateboard!

We had a LOT to carry out of there at the end! (And that was only the gifts from that day! Yikes!) We took a VERY energetic bunch of children home to bed. 

Except a certain birthday boy had one more item on his wish list for his birthday. 

Dekker and Brady went for a post-bedtime bike ride.

She came home with a nice light cool sweat and a huge happy smile. He was SO settled. Content. He felt loved, and it showed. 

The BEST kind of birthday.