- scout benjamin
before i even checked in with scout about this year's birthday theme,
i already knew what it would be. it couldn't have been anything else
but soccer. it is his world right now. even when he is asleep, i
imagine him dreaming of blocking shots as keeper {he loves this position},
or making amazing header goals {he actually did this in his last tournament}.
we celebrated a few weeks later this year, as scout had soccer tournaments
and a friend out of town who he really wanted to be there. he didn't seem to mind at
all which is yet another sign he's grown up alot in the last year.
once i had the theme, i jumped onto etsy and found this talented designer from
barcelona of all places and bought her 'soccer digital printables'. i made sure to
get scout's permission beforehand of course.
christopher worked with scout to come up with a design for his
birthday cake. they ended deciding on a simple jersey design in
german's national team's colors and scout's age on it.
my little loved it and c enjoyed that it didn't take 2 days to
design/decorate {unlike last year's harry potter cake} whew!
the birthday celebration took place over two days.
scout had a handful of his best soccer lovin' friends overnight.
they played soccer, swam after dark, enjoyed eating a 28" pizza
and making their own sundaes with lots of toppings!
the following morning, i drove them to our local elementary school
where they played soccer with my coworker, who is not only a
talented engineer, but a soccer player. he played for yale university
for four years!
scout had asked if i could get a 'professional' soccer player for his birthday, preferably, thomas muller.
i explained that i didn't have the connections nor the resources for this, however i did have a pretty good alternative.
when i told him about my coworker, the first thing he asked was if he was young {god forbid he be old!}.
i assured him he wasn't a day over 25 which he loved. he had the time of his life, and i'm pretty sure peter had as much fun as the little guys.
after playing soccer, the boys came back to the house and some of scout's non-soccer playing friends joined for lunch and a pool party.
the kids swam, took turns flying across the yard on the zip-line and doing crazy jumps/poses off a platform while i called out scores for 'best style'.
they had a blast and i had fun right along with them.
we ended the party with a soccer piñata which fell down after two whacks from scout. this one wasn't designed by mr. gerber, so it wasn't structurally sound.
i had my doubts when i bought it at party city, but was hopeful. the kids got over their disappointment quickly when c climbed up to the zipline platform and
threw the candy out all over the pool deck. the boys swarmed like bees to collect it all in their treat bags. my tween said he was "too old" for the piñata
and made himself useful by capturing it all on c's phone.
we arranged for scout's bestie to stay for a while after all the other kids left so that scout could open his birthday gift and the boys could say goodbye to each other.
his buddy was leaving for spain in 2 days. scout received a beautiful engraved frame that said 'best friends forever' and held a photo of them.
watching the look on their faces as the gift was given and received was priceless. i almost cried tears.
his buddy was leaving for spain in 2 days. scout received a beautiful engraved frame that said 'best friends forever' and held a photo of them.
watching the look on their faces as the gift was given and received was priceless. i almost cried tears.
