We didn’t have any concrete plans nailed down for Solly’s birthday yesterday. I know that sounds bad, but we just didn’t. We didn’t know what the weather would be like, since the days have been insanely windy, and we had hoped to have a bit of a party out on the deck with ice cream and whatever else. But then yesterday, the day turned gorgeous and we had to pull something together last minute. I have to say, though, that I think it worked out!
Brady got home early from work, bearing Starbucks and Solly’s “birthday cake.” We’ll talk more about that later. He quickly got washed up and changed, and we ventured out on our first family bike ride! It was super hard to take pictures and everyone looks terrible, so I’ll spare you those, but I had Solly on the back of my bike, Brady hauled Rowan and Laela in the trailer, and Dekker rode his bike. It was a lot of fun 🙂 Though to be completely honest, I swear I haven’t sat on a bike since I was maybe fourteen, so that plus adding a kid on the back and driving on the lowest gear made it a bit tricky, haha! Against popular belief, apparently you can forget how to ride a bike! Or I can, anyway.
When we got back home, the kids wanted to stay outside, so we lugged some big Tonka trucks onto the deck and out we stayed. They LOVED the freedom and fun on the deck! The sun was BLAZING and the kids were turning red fast. I made sure they wore their hats, but they were just toasty. I knew they’d be devastated to go inside, so I opted for a deck supper. I ducked inside and put together plates of crackers and cheese, apple slices, pepperoni, and handfuls of fresh veggies. I refilled everyone’s water bottles, and brought everything out. This was an easy way to force them to sit still at least, so they wouldn’t be as sweaty.
When it was time to go inside, they were pretty sad, but recovered with the promise of Solly’y birthday treat! Not exactly the gourmet cake that Pinterest tells us kids are supposed to get, but still delicious 🙂 It also helped that Jerilee arrived right as we came inside, bearing balloons to celebrate Solly’s birthday!!
Everyone got a cake pop, though somehow I didn’t get a picture of one of the kids eating theirs, so we’ll just stick to the birthday boy. He didn’t hesitate even, really, and dove right in. Laela and Rowan definitely weren’t sure until I broke into them and proved there was cake in there.
A quick round of Snapchat with their Auntie Jerry, and everyone was off to bed!
It wound up to be a pretty awesome birthday! I had thought this was just a “for today” kind of lame party but I’m pretty satisfied with the outcome, actually, and I think my baby boy felt solliedly celebrated. (See what I did there?)
Yup. We party hard over here!