6 - The Year of the Sith!

Making sure to squeeze every possible moment out of his birthday, Jake hopped out of bed at 6 am on Thursday. Jake has been counting down the days all month for his birthday, and the big day had finally arrived.  For breakfast Jake had a special #6 pancake with whipped cream. It was so good, he had a second one.

Then it was off to school for a day full of birthday fun. Apparently he had been talking up his birthday to his friends because Thursday and Friday at least 3 different parents stopped me at the school to talk about Jake's birthday. We've always had spring or summer birthdays for the school age kids, so I guess a September birthday is big news to a kindergarten class!

At drop off, I went into the classroom for DEAR time (drop everything and read time) and read a couple of books for Jake and his friends. Then I saw his teacher crown him with a special hat he wore all day ("except at PE & recess because it was too sweaty").  Later I came back with a special lunch, a tradition he has seen happen with his older siblings & couldn't wait for his turn.

When everyone got home, they were excited to see Jake's cake. Jake loves Star Wars & has had a green and a blue lightsaber cake in the past. This year he decided to turn to the Dark Side and go with the red lightsaber. I made the Darth Maul's double bladed sword for fun. It was ginormous & I had to pull out the long folding table because it was too long to fit on our kitchen table. Jake loved it!

You might be able to tell from the corner of the cake, Luke also loved it.  Every chance he got, he would sneak up to the edge of the table, stand on his toes and reach up to grab the end of the cake.  We gave up trying to fix the corner after the 3rd time.

One of Jake's birthday wishes was to get McDonald's for dinner, something he has been vying for months to get.  Lucky us, McDonald's just happened to have Star Wars toys in their Happy Meals.  Jake was in heaven!

After the "Happy Meal", we headed home for more fun and treats.  Jake opened some great presents.

Then it was on to the business of the cake. 

We also had to have Yoda Sodas.

After the cake, it was only right to end the day

with a major lightsaber duel. 

Happy Birthday Jake!