We celebrated Noah's birthday with the family this past weekend with fun with construction paper and bright blue icing.
First, the adults had to test out the crayons.
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In order to properly decorate.
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The cousins then took over coloring responsibilities to decorate their crowns.
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A special thank you to Christopher, for coloring Noah's crown for him.
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What a good looking bunch! Also, no, Noah does not want to put down his rice cake.
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There were lots of exciting activities, such as air hockey.
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Reading new books
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And opening some presents!
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Wow. That's some present.
Noah wanted to help provide the music
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And let me assure you, it was excellent. Also, let me say a small thank you to Yamaha for equipping the Clavinova with a volume control.
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For dinner, Noah presided over a spread of his favorite foods.
Mmmm... chicken nuggets and soycotach.
And frozen peas. And bananas.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtK75t5xehL0l4czaLUwVnD1Au1vxMe6QpXIfUW0PXWORVI_TASzxpgmFl2OSP787Y_Xzk9ML4NSfO8LvnM2n7Wo6PYmRuknbmBWlZYXFJeNW_inWtodc7Ggv_WxEB-Gk-lQc7zRrggMS/s320/party2)
Man, he's cute in that crown, huh. He made my day by wearing it most of the afternoon.
Then we blew his mind with a candle.
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And asked him to eat a cupcake.
Hmmmm... what's this?
It doesn't make much noise...
Is it food?
Nooooo! It is not food!! Get it out!![unfortunately not pictured: Noah making a horrible face and trying to scrape his first bite of icing off of his tongue]
Is this your idea of a joke?
Well, maybe I could reconsider...
Nope. Definitely not food. Fingerpaint.
Yup yup yup, Fingerpaint
Dum de dum dum
OK, this is starting to get a bit sticky...
OK GET IT OFF MY HANDS NOW![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLOeLdW6m7NWaA_A3r9gwAESV6_xpYFrz88QMoanW3bAU5cGES5Sj9oR-INFk0pN1-gMPjJPEXBFbmdQNpW_f7JWU3hY8o2ZYVvbOQiXjY3ySJrOM6XO2PrHgTqxfMQsHyMcqfJ4XBdLa/s320/icing2.jpg)
Once we were all cleaned up, we got to have a try at the ice cream. That went a little better. But then again, he is always excited when he gets to try to use a spoon.
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What a wonderful celebration of such a great milestone! Happy Birthday Noah!!!