Tate's 6th Birthday

I can't believe that this boy is 6 years old. In some ways it feels like we've always had Tate in our lives, and in others, it feels like it was just yesterday.

Tate's birthday fell on a Wednesday this year, and because he started Kindergarten, he had school in the morning. I don't think he minded though because he was spotlighted at school and got to tell the whole class about himself. I was so happy to go and be able to listen as he did it. He was very brave and threw me the biggest thumbs up after he presented.

Tate decided that he wanted a Mario Kart themed birthday party. Since we only do party's every other year, it becomes something I really enjoy doing. I definitely don't get too out of control, because I want to make sure that it doesn't cross the line of becoming too stressful and losing sight of the birthday boy. So I always do a lot of free printable's off of Pinterest and get them laminated so that we can use them in the future if we want.

 Cory and I decided to try and make the pinata this year. It actually wasn't too hard, but the morning of the party we hadn't even started the crepe paper part, so we just spray painted it black. It turned out okay, but when it came time to do the pinata, we didn't put a blindfold on the kids and just let them have at it. Needless to say, the first kid hit it 3 times, dead on, and broke it. SO... don't get lazy with the blindfold and the spinning process of it, or you'll have crying kids. Luckily, Tate was the one who hit it and it was FULL of awesome stuff, so the majority of the kids were thrilled regardless.

As a mom of three boys I secretly love that they love dressing up. It's definitely not the same as it would be with little girls, but for me... its perfect.

 (Maddox, Parker, Tate, and Rogue)

(Amelia, Parker, Tate, and Nate)

(Brinlee and Tate)

 All Tate wanted to do at his party was have a Mario Kart tournament. Easy enough! It was pretty hilarious because most of these kids hadn't ever played before so there was a lot of going backwards, being stuck in walls, and arrows telling them to turn around. Tate and Parker killed it! Tate was thrilled that THE BIRTHDAY BOY (himself) won the entire tournament.

All in all it was a great party and I am so happy that my now 6 year old had a great day. Tate is seriously such a responsible kid. He is very smart and is learning how to read right now. He loves his younger brothers fiercely. The other day he said to me, "Mom, I wish that Parker and I were just friends, " when I asked him why he said, "because we are really good friends and have so much fun together, but we're also brothers and we FIGHT a lot!" His favorite color is red, his favorite food is shrimp and McDonalds, he loves Pokemon and got a huge book full of them and tries to read from it every day, he loves to ride his bike and is trying to do tricks. Tate also loves coloring pictures.