I may’ve turned 40 on Saturday, but I feel like I’m 12 again. This weekend, my wife and kids pulled out all the stops. And I do mean all.
The day started bright and early at 7:02 when my alarm clock (a.k.a. Ryan, my super-excited 6-year-old) jumped into bed screaming it’s my birthday. He then proceeded to watch an episode or two of T.U.F.F. Puppy on TV while I dozed in and out of dreamland. Fast forward an hour later when my groggy head finally woke up a bit. And so did my older son Jason. We all headed downstairs for breakfast and that’s when I saw this mountain of gifts waiting for me.
My kids couldn’t open them fast enough. If ever there was a poster child for embracing your inner child, yeah you’d see my smiling mug plastered all over that one. I scored some major loot including the new Batman game for Xbox, The Muppets on DVD, the incredibly awesometastic Lego Batcave and a bunch of great books.
I’m always bugging my wife to buy me the Lego Death Star but for some reason she never does. Might have something to do with the $399.99 price tag. But she finally delivered my “consultation prize,” a mini Lego Death Star! It came with a small TIE Fighter to put together, with the Death Star being a small case to hold the pieces.
The other and definitely best presents of all, were homemade. First was a birthday collage of me and my family. The other was a framed picture of our whole family, with photos of each of us and small bios describing our favorite food, Muppet, activity, book, etc. I finally understood why my kids were “interviewing” me the other day! These are both proudly hanging up in my home office now.
My sister, who happens to be a librarian, found me the perfect gift. This is the woman who in the past has bought me a Moses action figure and a book on farting. She’s also texting me constantly with the latest apps to download like the FartDroid or the FishFarts one. Yeah, we’re classy. So anyways, this was one of my presents from her and her family. Yep, Poop Happened, the #1 book about going #2.
As for my birthday cake, my wife completely outdid herself. A number of years ago, she took a cake decorating course where she learned the secrets of piping icing. Ever since, she’s been a Julie Child, er… some crazy awesome cake-making person… when it comes to birthday cakes. I honestly think this is her best one yet. Knowing I love the Muppets, and especially a certain stand-up comic bear, she made me this Fozzie Bear cake. Yes, it was as delicious as it looked!
The final part of my birthday present was dinner and a Broadway show. We dined at Haru Sushi in Manhattan, having some insanely awesome sushi. The Sushi Taco appetizer was out of this world!
After dinner, we killed time over at the Times Square Toys R Us where I met my good buddy Hulk.
And look who my wife bumped into!
Finally, we finished the evening by watching Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. The effects were insane in this show with Spidey and the Green Goblin literally swinging right above our heads. The scenery was breathtaking too. The rest of the musical? Um, not so good. I’ll be writing a complete review of that shortly. We had a blast watching it, though.
All in all, we had an incredible time. I’ve got to say, if this is just a taste of what 40s like, I can’t wait for another bite!
Happy Belated Birthday my friend! Sounds like it was perfect! I know it is my kids that make my birthday awesome. They are so excited it is hard not to get excited.
Sounds like your wife has THREE kids 😉 Of course I tell my husband I have FOUR and he tends to agree.
But that is what makes life fun!
Thanks, Colleen.You are 100% right. The kids get so excited, it’s impossible NOT to get excited.
Oh and my wife knows she has three boys in the house. 🙂 That definitely is what makes life fun.
OK, so I was poking around on momdot for a few minutes and saw your name. You have a blog now? Very cool! We sucked you in, I guess. 😉
It sounds like you had an awesome birthday! Your family sure knows how to do it up right!
LeeAnn! Hi there! Yep, I’ve got my very own Daddy Blog now. I told you I seriously love working with bloggers, so I just couldn’t stay away. I actually started off with a professional blog to promote my freelance writing, but then I wanted a more “fun” blog to just talk about my family, so that led me here. 🙂
I had an amazing birthday. The whole weekend was just great. Thanks for stopping by!
OMG love the cake Wocka Wocka Wocka !!!!!
Hey, Melinda! Yeah, that cake ruled! There’s still a few pieces left in the freezer, y’know… 😉
Morgan Freeman looks tall….and unhappy. Who peed in his cheerios?
trisha
Hah! Hey, Trisha! Thanks for the comment and for hosting such an awesome forums on your site.
What an awesome birthday!!! That LEGO Batcave looks great. My 7 year old has asked for that Death Star a few times as well, but that is never happening. Though three of our boys do have the mini one like you got. My house is overflowing with Star Wars LEGOs. And now Avengers as well.
You need to listen to your 7 year old more. He totally deserves that mega Death Star. And uh, can I come over and play with your LEGOs? 🙂
It sounds like you had a great time. I love the presents! Your family went all out, I think that’s the best thing ever. I always try to make birthdays as special as I can. I just turned 33, but I’d say I’m probably more around 15. Happy birthday!
I did! It was also great just to spend so much time with my family, which I haven’t had much of lately thanks to working lots of hours. Thanks for the bday wishes!
Looks and sounds like you had an awesome birthday. That cake looks really awesome and the show sounds like to would be fun to go to.
Hey, Rob. Thanks! The cake looked and tasted amazing. The photo doesn’t do it justice!
Those were my exact thoughts on Spider-man. Staging, effects, and scenery = great. Book and songs = …yeah. Can’t wait to read your review.
Anyway, glad to hear that you had an excellent birthday!
Hey, Mandy! Yeah, I think most people would agree. My wife and I were just sooo shocked out how poor the singing and dancing numbers were. It seemed like a high school production! Thanks for the comment!
Awesome post! You sure are easy to shop for, though. 🙂
You know it, buddy! Thanks. 🙂