Mario Kart Birthday

So, my baby had another birthday. Trey turned 5 on January 8th and waited all year to have a Mario Kart birthday party. Not just plain Mario...Mario Kart. I've done alot of parties but this was one of my favorites. The theme was so much fun! I had so many ideas swirling around in my head and dangit I couldn't do all of them. For the invitations I made Pit Passes. So much work but so fun and SO cute. Trey of course was the crew chief.

I seriously could've decorated forever and could've spent so much money. Mario Kart has so many characters and colors, not to mention race cars which Trey loves. I did what I could for as inexpensive as I could and it turned out cute. Here's a few pics.

For the games we had a Yoshi egg race and played Mario Kart Bingo.

Nash watching the excitement.

We couldn't have survived the craziness without our sweet helper Bailee.Trey got so many gifts! With Christmas being 2 weeks before...what on earth can one boy do with so many new things all at once?! Yet with all the toys, what was he most excited about? Oh yeah, the gobstoppers!

Trey covering his eyes waiting for his new bike.

After the mounds of gifts were opened we had cupcakes and ice cream. Chocolate of course. I made the cupcakes into the mushroom characters from the game.

I sent the friends home with question mark goodie bags. When they played Bingo the kids had chances to earn chocolate gold coins to add to their bags.

Trey's actual birthday was on a Sunday. My handsome boy trying out his new bike before church.

After church he did one of his favorite things. Watching football with daddy. Could there be a better birthday?

Damon had tons and tons of transformers as a kid and we gave them to Trey as another gift. Who's having the most fun? Tough to tell.

The gift Bailee and Nash picked out for him ended being one of his favorites.

That night we had one more party at Damon's parents house. I told Trey that with all his presents there could be no way he could ever be bored again. His response: "Oh I will, mom!" And he actually has. Crazy.

So here he is. At the end of his birthday all ready to go to bed. My 5 year old. How the time flies! Isn't he so handsome!

And even though he's 5 and such a big boy now, he's not too old to snuggle up with bunny and teddy, want to be tucked in, and still has to have kisses from mom and dad before he can fall asleep. Soak it up while I can.

How can I begin to describe how much I love this boy and how grateful I am to have him in our life? Here's some of the things that I treasure about my Trey:

No one can give a compliment like him. Or a hug. He is always so concerned about making me feel good. "Mommy, are you happy?" "Mommy, you look so pretty." "You're the best mommy in the world." Hope I'm deserving of his sweetness.
How he has little secrets about how he can make Nash so happy. He has sworn me to secrecy so enough said.
How much he loves football. How the living room is his football field. I had no idea how much I would love having boys. I'll be in the kitchen cooking, doing or dishes or whatever, and the time flies by cause I can watch Trey out of the corner of my eye taking down the Utah Utes or Patriots, or whoever he's playing against that day.
Everywhere I go... "Oh so your Trey's mom? I hear about Trey all the time." "That's Trey? So and so talks about him all the time!" "So who are you? Oh so you're Trey's mom!" Trey is just such a fun kids to be around. His days are booked from the start of the week with friends planning on playing with him. Then there's the kids who show up at the door crying cause Trey's already got a friend over and they only want to play with him. This is almost every day. And my kid is already telling me stories about girls that won't leave him alone. Ok, so just bear with the bragging. I love how he has so many great friends. I'm a proud mom and unbelievably blessed.
The kid makes me laugh. And laugh. And everyone else laugh. You can always tell when Trey's nearby cause there's laughter all around.
I ask Trey a couple times a year if he still likes his hair and offer to have it cut short. Just to make sure the cut is still what he wants. Last time I asked he said "no, because I just want to look like me." Love that he's happy being Trey.
I could go on forever. The fact is that I love my Trey man. Happy Birthday, buddy. So blessed to have you as my son!