Riley's 5th Birthday!!

Firstly, I'd like to tell you why I have been so very late in posting Riley's birthday pictures...at least it is for a very good reason! I have actually been going to bed early for the past number of nights. Early, like 8:30 or 9:00 early. My body finally rebeled and demanded sleep. (That's the time of day I normally do the blog.)

Anyway, here is the birthday celebration...the party uploaded first even though it was not chronologically accurate.
My dear friend Allison enjoying the chaotic festivities.

Corey and Davey watching all the paper airplane fun.

Riley's oldest (as in friends the longest, not meaning he's 10 years old) friend Sebastian providing musical accompaniment for the airplane flying.

Loads of airplanes going up...
Checking out the haul.
Riley's double layer (not the triple he had originally requested) chocolate cake.

Now for his actual birthday (the party was on Sat.)...
What a big, full, happy day it was! Riley was so very excited for it to be his 5th birthday. From early morning straight through bedtime it never waned.The glasses that came in Aunt Pat's card were a hit!

Not a great picture of Riley, but it captures how early it felt to the rest of us (i.e. Nathan's ridiculous man yawn in the background!!)
Later in the day after school he wore his new apron and played with his new planes while the birthday cookies baked.
And built his new lego helicopter 99% by himself (I verbally helped him the whole way).

Then Grandpa came over for dinner and we had the BIG birthday cookie!

(for the life of me I could not get the bold and underline to turn off...sometimes computers mystify me...)