Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Dean is a whole handful!

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What a time to celebrate 5!  Oma and Papa flew in for the occasion, and they even took Dean and Fiona to the coast overnight before the big day.

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We celebrated with a small party at the park for a Jedi Scavenger Hunt.  Here’s the mission – and my beloved, a Jedi Master, explains the rules of the quest to the Younglings. 

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And they’re off!  Matt gets big-time points for this.  I think he enjoys wielding the lightsaber though.  It glows.

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Hunting for nature items.

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The reward?  A Chinese yo-yo lightsaber of course.  Best. Party favor.  Ever.

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Now the cake.  Darth Vader in a cupcake mosaic.  Chocolate with buttercream frosting sprinkled in chocolate wafers and black sugar with white icing and silver crystal highlights.  Phew.  All because I refused to buy the Wilton Darth Vader pan on eBay.  I highly recommend this cupcake method though.  No forks.  Barely needed plates.

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Check out the lightsaber-ish candles.

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Playground time.

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And the celebrating didn’t stop there!  The next day was Dean’s actual birthday, where we celebrated with yet another chocolate cake – rolled with ice cream this time.  And a viewing of “Cars 2” at the Kennedy School.  Plus presents.  I’m exhausted!

What is that big red present?  Drum roll, please…

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Seriously!  We’re nuts.  I blame Matthew.

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Fiona was feeling a bit left out, so we thought this would be a good time to give her the upgraded Buzz Lightyear costume we got her for Halloween since she’s worn the other one thin (and she still insists on going as Buzz Lightyear).

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And now we begin looking forward to the next birthday…

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