Birthday the sixth

Ethan's sixth birthday, it was.  Happy to open presents at 7:00 a.m., the kids were.  As you will see, his birthday gifts were very Star Wars oriented.

He was thrilled to get a Darth Vader Lego mini-figure. . .

a Darth Vader helmet . . .

a bunch of Star Wars Legos. . .

and the Jedi costume that Brooklyn is wearing. It's not depicted in this picture very well, but Brooklyn is Obi-Wan, and Ethan is Anakin just before he gets all of his limbs cut off in the third movie - which we have not let either kid watch.

After opening presents and having Ethan's breakfast choice of bacon, eggs, and pancakes, Ethan was off to school.  He requested that Jen volunteer in his class.  

After school, Ethan wanted to go to a play place for lunch. Off we went to Carl's Jr. (much to Jen's dismay - she's not a fan of the food).

We made a deal with the kids that when we got to a certain point in the Book of Mormon, we would have an ice cream party at Cold Stone.  Ethan encouraged us to read extra chapters so we could meet our goal for his birthday.  After Carl's Jr., that is where we went. Ethan likes to order the Cookies and Cream ice cream with a Reese's Peanut Butter Cups mix-in, because he feels like he's getting two treats for the price of one.

We spent the afternoon watching Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi as a family.  He followed along with his new Lego mini-figures, acting it out as the plot progressed.

For dinner, we had a pizza party (with Root Beer - a special treat in our house). We were going to order out, but he wanted Jen to make homemade pizza instead.

Most of Jen's cake decorating supplies were packed up, so she didn't make a Death Star or Millennium Falcon cake that Ethan wanted, but he was just as happy to have a cake that looked like the sands of Tatooine  (thank you, peanut butter frosting) that he could put his Legos on top.

 We have one happy Jedi! He said that this was his best birthday ever (which is saying a lot since we were at Disneyland last year).

In other news, we broke ground on our house on Wednesday (Feb 27).  Yay.