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This year, Keegan’s birthday felt like it would never end. Between the anticipation, the celebration, the party and the gifts shopping afterwards, it really felt like an eternity. In fact, Keegan was actually “barred” from talking about his birthday till November.

The actual birthday fell on a Tuesday, and since Thanksgiving was so late this year, we had to plan the party for the following week. Once again we took advantage of some of the early sales and got all his presents ready on Monday night. Keegan really like superheroes, and this year, he is particularly fond of Iron Men. You may remember that it was his Halloween costume too. We placed an Iron Man banner in our room and the presents below. We actually hid the Razor Scooter he has been asking for for last.

Amazingly enough Keegan did not wake up early, so I had to wake him up. He sure was excited when he got in the room and saw all the presents. This year, my parents and Loredana bought him Star Wars legos from Target, so they arrived just in time, as the cool books from Italy. The magic of Internet.

I also got him a monster soft blanket, he can wrap himself in and hide. Matt was a little skeptic, but it turned out to be one his favorite gifts, and he carries it with him everywhere he goes, within the house. Keegan, just like me, loves soft fabrics, clothes and blankets.

Of course, the favorite gift was the Razor Scooter, orange, his favorite color. He was very excited about it, since he really wanted one: all of the neighborhood kids have at least one, and he was really wanting to join them “scootering”. His bike was way too small for him, and without a scooter, he could not really participate.

Unfortunately was a school day, so he could not play with his new toys. After school, we went to swim class. At night, incredibly, Keegan also started building some of his Star Wars Legos, The Droid Escape Pod, right away, starting from R2-d2 and C3po.

He actually built quite a bit of the escape pod all by himself, which is a huge change. I am very glad because hopefully it gives him some confidence to buid the models himself. Now, I am also a little sad, because I love building Legos…maybe I can buy my own. (-:

When Matt got home, we had a small celebration at home. Keegan chose chocolate Chip Muffins on Monday, when we went to Vons to choose the cake for the party: Iron Man cake, of course.

The following day, the celebration continued. I went to his school early in the afternoon, and his classmates and teachers held a celebration for him. At first Keegan was not happy we had to move it to Wednesday, due to scheduling conflicts, but it turned out better that way. December 3 was gray and rainy, and the following day was a beautiful sunny day. We set outside and we all celebrated him. Then the kids ate the treat Keegan chose: orange and vanilla ice cream bar. It was quite a success.

As soon as we got home, he went to try out the new scooter around the neighborhood. He loved it!

That day, my sister’s present arrived, and guess what she bought? A Razor Scooter! I am really not sure why she did not tell me and wanted to keep it a surprise. I felt bad, as I figured she would be disappointed, but if I had known, we would not have bought him ours! Anyway, fortunately, she bought it from Target, so I was able to go to the store and get a gift card instead.

During the week, we also made sure we had all the goodie bags ready for the party. This year we had a comic books/Iron Man party. We included a color-yourself mask, a twirly straw, some tattoos, bubbles and of course, our traditional personalized m&ms. This year we chose red, green and iridescent white.

In the early weekend we were already involved in Christmas activities: his school Winter Wonderland and Van’s Cookies With Santa fundraising event, but Keegan could not stop talking about his party. Unfortunately, the party was at 5pm on Sunday, so it was hard to contain Keegan for the whole weekend.

Finally the party time arrived. After picking up the cake (and slightly damaging it in the cart) we picked up his friend Van and went to the party. We had a great turn-out: 13 of his friends came, and with siblings we had a good 20+ kids. Even his babysitter came to celebrate with him. He had a blast, as always. He also wanted to do some games and all had a great time.

No matter how many times we tried, it was impossible to get 1 picture in which all kids looked good.

The kids ate pizza, veggies and fruit (yeah right) on Iron Man plates.

Then it was time for cake. This time they had a crown available, and Keegan was proud to wear it. He was so excited about the party, he did not even notice the cake was a little ruined.

He loved the throne, and so did all the other kids. He took turns posing with his friends…mainly girls (but not only).

The good thing about a late afternoon party, is that the kids are pretty much ready to go to bed afterwards. Keegan got to open 1 present, and went straight to bed…so the celebration continued.

The next day, after school we had the present opening ceremony…the room felt like a toy store.

Look at all the stuff! This kid is so spoiled, and he still says he is bored and has nothing to do.We got lots of Legos, and Mutant Ninja turtles, and…another scooter, and Iron Man one. It must be the year of the scooter. Of course, since McKenzie got him that, he loved it, and now use s both scooters. We could not return it anyway, since there was no receipt, and he already used the scooter we got him. Oh well.

Now, with that, you would hope the celebration was over…but noooo. His friend Van (and my sister) gave him gift cards, so he still wanted to go pick up something. However, we told him he needed to be on his best behavior at school, or no toys. It took till Friday for him to manage that, and then on Saturday morning we finally made our way to Target. He decided he wanted to get more planes from the movie (he got some from Jada, under my advice) and an air carrier to put them in. With my coupons and my card, he even ended up with money leftover.

The only thing left to do, was writing Thank You cards. He did not enjoy that, at all, and we had to do it on multiple sittings. Sorry little man, but if you want to receive presents, you have to write thank you cards.

After three days, he was finally finished. He was happy, but we were happier still. After more than 15 days, his birthday celebration was finally over…and now we had only  a few days left before Christmas! Argh!

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