celebrating six

Yes, we are certainly into our birthday season around here! Yesterday was Henry's long awaited 6th birthday party with five friends from school and two equally excited brothers. And with a soccer loving family like ours it was an easy choice to make this a full on soccer party! I'm pretty sure those chocolate soccer balls from Purdy's for our World Cup kickoff in May were one of my best purchases of the year ... easy ball and turf cupcakes for everyone! Sam had been planning a big surprise for our boys the past month and so the night before the party he surprised them with their very own, and very first, Liverpool jerseys! (England for Felix, something to grow into for awhile.) They've been wearing them for 3 days straight now and they were so happy and so grateful ... the best moments are when we have truly thankful boys and this brought out big heartfelt and spontaneous Thank you, Dads! Yesterday was also the start of another local soccer season with Henry and Walter on the same team again and Sam as their Coach. Felix is no longer the little guy any more and so he hates to be left out there now but next year, Felix, I promise! And then tonight, to complete our full soccer weekend, was the very, very last edition of World.Cup.Sticker.Books!! Sam had special ordered from Germany the needed stickers to complete a few teams for each of the boys ... and there was a lot of shrieks of pure disbelief when they incredibly got that l-a-s-t player they needed to finish a team's page. Such a great way to end this fun, fun weekend.