Peter is 7!

Happy Birthday to Peter!

I'm honestly a bit sick of 6-7 jokes, but I did smile this morning when Abi said "Today is Peter's 6-7 birthday!" Yesterday he was 6, today is is 7. I'll allow it. Sweet little Peter was asking me for a party before the wedding. I said not this year. Then after the wedding he asked again. Honestly told him I just don't have it in me to throw another party right now. Then after school on Monday, he and his little friend Lucy made invitations. Darn it, their little drawing were too cute to say no to. 

Ok ok, you can have a party. But just fyi this one's gonna be lame and last minute like last year's was, in true Tiffanie style. I texted his friends' moms yesterday to see if their kids were available to join us for cake and ice cream after school today. They were all available, lucky boy. Natalie made a brownie cake last night - cake and frosting both from scratch. She and Peter started to make a pinata too so we wouldn't have to waste the money, but I told them it was ok, I could buy a pinata. I was actually impressed with what they had done though! They could have done it.

I saw some pinatas at Winco on my midnight wedding run last week. So I went to Winco at midnight last night (I took an hour+ power nap around 7pm last night when I got tired helping Owen with his science fair project, so I was ok to do a midnight errand). I got ice cream, a dinosaur pinata, and candy from their bulk bins. I love that they're open 24 hours. Really helps a woman like me who does not have it all together. Natalie had trouble with her hair this morning, so she stayed home to fix that and was thus also here to help stuff the pinata before school.

Peter took a thing of Costco chocolate chip cookies as his snack to share with his class (leftovers from the wedding reception, it works!)

So I didn't have to really get anything ready, cause Natalie was going to do it. So I went to work to continue putting things away after the wedding. Flowers and stuff in the basement, then I organized most all the ski stuff from skiing last week - coats and snow pants and boots all put back on the shelves, yay. I had a GREAT day cleaning in the basement and I listened to Closer Look with Seth Meyers and other news-ish stuff while I cleaned, then thought I'd check in on Vegan stuff, listened to Vegan 2019. I've been out of the vegan news for a while, so thought I'd see what I've missed these past few years. Katharine's friend Scarlet came over to play at 1, and they played until it was time for the party. Scarlets brother came, and Scarlet stayed for the party too, so she and Katharine had a 1-6 playdate!

Zach, Scarlet, Katharine, Peter, John, Brynn, Lucy, Daniel, and Evan. Caden and Beck were upstairs playing legos for the pic but they came down with Owen for ice cream. 

Peter blowing out the candles.

Natalie cut the brownie cake, Sophi served up the ice cream.

Opening gifts.

We waited for one last friend to come before we did the pinata. He was at piano lessons. After Arnoh arrived, we held up the pinata. Natalie on top of the closet, and I held the other end of the rope. Peter was the first one up, and the pinata broke on the first hit by Peter. 

He broke it's neck, so the body was down, and they shook it all out. 

I guess I should have let Natalie and Peter make it! It would have been more sturdy than the t-rex. Oh well. Kids stayed and played with Peter's new legos sets or wherever, moms came and got them between 6 and 7 (oh great, I just did 6-7). Peter and his two friends Beck and Arnoh look like identical triplets! With their straight dark brown hair. Peter and Beck are in the same class at school and their teacher and classmates often get them confused from behind. 

Wayne came over to give Peter a gift when these friends were still here, and I think Wayne mistook Beck for Peter too! But it was ok cause he called them both "Alice", that's Wayne's little way to always play it safe! Wayne took Natalie to get her phone screen fixed, but they were about to close and needed 2 hours to do it. Plus it would be over $100 bucks, so we'll see what Natalie decides to do about that since she's paying. Wayne brought her back and then he left. Abi took Peter to In N Out for a birthday burger, and took me to drop me off at Momentum. Mel called Peter to wish him happy birthday on our drive there. They saw Spiderman in Hawaii and they got a video with him, Peter Parker wished our Peter a happy birthday! 

They are having a great time in Hawaii! I went climbing with Corey and while we were there, Abi sent a message that she and Peter ran into Wayne at In n out - Peter said "I see grandpa" and Abi thought he just saw an old man, but then saw it really was Grandpa! 

Corey and I did top rope at Ft Union and just got back at a decent time, going to go to bed tonight at a good hour, yay. I hope you had a good day Peter! Happy happy birthday!