dearest someday…

Well, little Mr. Harley turned 5 last week!

To me this is crazy.  I say it every year my munchkins turn a year older.. but for my baby to be five… *sigh. His ‘friend’ birthday party isn’t until the end of the month.. busy April and procrastination by yours truly… should have booked the venue a little sooner! (ooops!).. anyway, since his actual ‘birthday party’ isn’t for quite a while yet.. I was really feeling the need to make my boy feel special on his big day!

Besides.. every birthday should be made to feel the most special day ever, right?

So the night before, I blew up dozens and dozens of balloons (kind of a tradition since he was just little).. I also knew I wanted to do angry birds balloons.. I had seen them on Pinterest and all over the internet… so, I took a chance and googled ‘angry birds balloons printable‘ ..and woweeee, I couldn’t have been happier and more relieved when I came across exactly what I was after!  ..thank you for saving me hours upon hours.. yes, thank you to whoever created these!

So fun!  I made these while he was sleeping… love seeing the surprised face in the morning!  With the printable these were so easy.. just cut and tape!

So glad I hung onto these blocks from when he was a toddler… they are perfect for creating ‘angry birds levels’ …have I mentioned that Harley is obsessed with angry birds these days?  He build levels.. hides the pigs and then launches the birds… all day long.  Personally, I love it.  So much creativity!

It was angry birds world around here for a few days.. blocks, birds.. pigs… play-doh birds and pigs even!  Why not, right?

His cake.. the beloved green boomerang bird.  His favourite.  I was lucky I got away with just doing a single bird.. my cake designer son had other plans.  I think they watch too much cake boss.

I ended up using a ‘ball’ cake pan, and an extra large muffin tin to make the bird’s beak… just placed it on it’s side and carved it into a point.  Worked surprisingly well!  Of course it isn’t anywhere near the size it should have been… that boomerang bird has a huge beak!  

In the end, it was really pretty simple… balloons and a cake.  It was the perfect little family birthday party.. just the four of us, thought it would just be three.. but hubby was able to make it home after all!  ..he had been away at work again.  I must say, the birthday boy was quite pleased that his daddy made it home… pleased is putting it mildly!  Totally made his day.

..still can’t believe my baby boy is five.  

Yesterday.

The kids had dentist appointments.  Each kid had two cavities that needed fillings.  But Mr. Harley had a bit more going on.. you see, Harley is a daredevil… and because of this, he had damaged his one front tooth a little too much.  At one point a few years ago, it turned completely grey… he banged it that hard.  That isn’t all.. this summer, he hit it hard again.  Really hard.  When they went in for their cleanings last month.. they were really concerned about this one tooth in particular… so we were warned that they may want to take it out.

Not what this mommy wanted to hear, this isn’t how you are supposed to loose your first tooth!  …and besides… my baby is only four!

So I did what any mom would do.. had a quick little photo shoot on the way out the door! 

Had to capture that baby smile one last time, right?  Oh gosh… yesterday was so hard.  I was a sentimental fool! I knew I should have followed Harley’s lead on this.. he was thinking it was kind of neat that he would be loosing a tooth like some of his older friends!  In fact, he was so chill that he fell asleep in the dentist’s chair while getting his fillings (seriously… HOW!?) …he kept his cool pretty much the entire time, until he saw me crying like a baby after they pulled it.  Ugh.  Not a proud mommy moment, but I just couldn’t hold it together any longer.  I was so immensely proud of him for being so brave, but so sad that he lost his first tooth like this… and incredibly sentimental that his smile would be changing so so so soon.  He is just too little.

But you don’t fool around with abscessed teeth.. right?  Right?  Ugh.

Tucking him in last night, while he was putting his tooth under the pillow for the tooth fairy… he rolls over, fist pumps into the air with both arms… “this is SO AWESOME!” he shouts! lol  ”I will have my own money to buy Angry Birds toys!!”  …oh good grief.  Follow his lead… am I right?  Harder than it sounds!  

*Sigh.