Dad's Happy Birthday

 So I wanted the Bug Hero's birthday to be epic! I started with a little distraction--"I got you LEGOs for Christmas. Expect something different for your birthday." He was distracted, but told me later that he knew that if he didn't get some LEGOs that it would be a fail for the birthday. So it's a good thing that there were LEGOs present.

The Friendly Hero got to pick out a present from the presents that I had purchased. He decided that he wanted to give Dad the LEGO car. I stressed that it was a surprise. He helped me wrap it and then went downstairs and told Dad that he's getting a secret in red wrapping paper. I thought all was good, whenever Dad would ask Friendly Hero what he was getting for his birthday, he would respond, "I'm getting you a secret. I wonder what it is!" As he handed the present to Dad, he said, "Here is your secret. It is a car. It will be blue."

He's getting the idea, slowly. He did a lot better than Christmas. He spent a month asking Dad to build the LEGO he was giving Dad for Christmas.

I made a LEGO cake. We love that it stacked, just like regular bricks.

The best part of his birthday is the present I gave him. For those of you who don't know, The Bug Hero has spent the last year dreaming of the perfect hooded sweat shirt. It's yellow and has the LEGO red insignia on it. We looked for it at Legoland. Not there. He looked for it online. Didn't exist. So he put his dreams on hold and decided to wait. It would come. But he'll tell you all about this dream sweat shirt whenever he can. So, I found a yellow sweat shirt on sale, and decided to make him his sweatshirt.

 Here he is modeling it. Doesn't he look handsome?

It was a great birthday! I love how the sweatshirt turned out, and I could keep it a secret. It was hard, because I knew how much he would love it! And how much he wanted it. It is awesome!