Almost eight years ago, my family came to visit us for Easter, because I was due any day. The very next day, I gave birth to Eric. Since then, Eric's birthday is often around Easter, so sometimes get to celebrate with my family. It's a great opportunity for them to see him open the generous gifts they give him. It's a great opportunity for Eric to have multiple birthday celebrations. Since Eric's birthday is this coming Thursday, we went ahead and had a "little" party for him.
The real reason for the party was, of course, Easter. We celebrated at my Mom's house on Saturday, since Sunday would be packed with church, Easter Brunch, and traveling home for us. After the food and the Easter Egg Hunt, Eric got to open presents. When I told Eric (before we left home), that we would probably celebrate his birthday in Houston, he was so excited that he was practically jumping up and down--but trying not to.
Eric and I often go "shopping" at Target, and the last couple of trips, he picked out some toys he liked, and we put them on his Amazon wish list. During our last visit to Houston, he also showed his Aunt Cynthia some items in the Target ad that he was interested in. Eric is very used to asking if he can put something on his "wish list" when he wants something. His favorite toys this year include Transformers, Star Wars Rebels, Lego Ninjago, and now his new interest is in Lego Bionicle toys. We have several Bionicle toys from when his big brothers were that age, but Eric wants "the new ones". Apparently they have new Bionicle characters--of course.
This is a picture of Eric's new Lego Bionicle Tahu--Master of Fire Toy. He wanted to take it out and build it right away, but he waited until we got home because of all of the little pieces that he was afraid would get lost. He has opened all of the boxes already since we got home yesterday afternoon. He loved every single gift. The only thing left to open is the Penguins of Madagascar movie. The only thing stopping him from seeing that one is that we haven't had time. We've got a full schedule this week, but I'll put that in another blog post--maybe tomorrow.
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