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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Happy Birthday Pravan

Today my little boy is six years old. He slept in and woke up to the smell of pancakes. His special breakfast order was pancakes with butter, syrup and M& M's. It is a treat once in a while. I sometimes make butterfly or mickey mouse pancakes. The kids enjoy this treat.
It was a busy morning. I had to pick up his friend Ashlynn and then we stopped at the bank for money. Seems like I always need more. We then headed to Chuckee Cheese. I planned a huge playgroup there to celebrate Pravan's birthday. He has wanted to go to Chuckee Cheese for a long time and this was the perfect day for him. He had so much fun there. It was great to see so many of his friends. Tara a good friend from Truckee also came with Stacy and there were so many kids.
I had another good friend Brandy who had four kids come and play with us. He had her mom watch the baby and brought the three tots along to have fun. When she entered the place there was no gate keeper. She waited for a while and then decided to walk in. Usually you get a stamp that matches the stamp on the kids hand. It can only be seen under a special light and the stamps have to match when you leave. Well when Brandy left they had no stamps. The guy checking them out was flustered and refused to let them out. I told him that those were her kids and she was okay. He takes his job seriously and he should. I was pleased to see that the system really works and the kids have protection from being kidnapped. That is a great thing. Well Brandy was not happy and I can understand why. She laughed at the guy and said " I already have enough of my own, I do not need anymore " As funny as it was , it was frustrating. Well he let her leave but he looked like he doubted his decision. I assure him that it was okay. So now you know Chuckee Cheese takes the stamp thing seriously.
As some of you know Pravan likes the girls. Well today he had three of his so called girlfriends there. Jaisyn, Ashlynn and Brooke .It was so adorable. I took some pictures of all three of them together. Several people that showed up today will not make the party so they gave Pravan his gifts today. He got two gift cards to toys' r us so we stopped there before coming home. The kid was excited and I did my best to keep him away from the transformers. He ended up picking a crystal growing kit from Liz. Thank you Liz and Jaisyn ( girl's name ) and family. He then got the globe of the earth from Brandy.Thanks to Brandy, Spencer and family. Ashylynn spent the rest of the afternoon with Pravan and they read books together. She wanted to cook in the play kitchen but he played transformers. So she cooked and he fixed his transformers. That was funny to watch.
While we were there he wanted the model of the human body. I could not get it for him as I already had it at home.I could not tell him that. I just steered him away. He was sad and he said " but that is educational. When I grow up I want to be a doctor that looks inside people's bodies . This will help me learn " That was so adorable. When daddy came home he brought an ice cream cake home for Pravan and we had burgers for dinner. That was what Pravan ordered. Daddy then gave him some transformers, and the human body. His eyes lit up and he played with his toys for a while. We let him stay up past 10pm. I finally tucked him into bed and this is what he said. " Mommy thank you for a fun birthday but how did daddy know that I wanted the human body ? " I smiled and said that we know what he likes and what makes him happy. I turned off the lights and a kissed him good night. A short while later his light was turned on and he was reading his transformer book. It was adorable and I let him do it. He was determined to stay up until midnight but he never made it past 11pm. It was a busy day and now we will get things ready for the party.
I will post pics another day. Thanks for reading my essay.