We started the celebration with a fun trip to Target. Both of the boys had their gift cards from Grandma and had a fun time picking out their toys. Then we went to McDonald's for dinner. If there's one thing that I know about my boys, it's that they are in love with McDonald's. Since it was their half birthday night, we even let them each have a Happy Meal. They were in heaven.
Then we came home and started in on the official event. Each of them had a couple of gifts to open up. Charlie was very excited to get a Lego Captain America, that fits together with the Iron Man he already had. He also received Toy Story Operation. Ephram got a LeapFrom Tag Jr with a Cars book and a new Thomas train with some tracks. Both of the kids were thrilled and ready to play.
Charlie decided to put his bow on as a decoration for himself. Ephram, of course, had to copy his brother. They both make cute gifts.
Then we went and played, and played, and played and played. We had so much fun with all of their new things. After a couple of hours, we moved to the kitchen for the half birthday desserts. The boys each wanted different things, so it was double desserts this year. Ice cream sundaes (Charlie's choice) and sugar cookies (Ephram's choice.)
Charlie finished up his Captain America while he was waiting for everyone to be done eating.
We were all having so much fun and didn't want the night to end yet. So the boys grabbed their pillow pets and blankets and settled in on the floor in front of the TV. They both voted to watch Cars 2 as their half birthday movie. Charlie said he wanted to watch Meet the Robinson's after. Alas, he passed out about 20 minutes before the end of Cars 2. Ephram made it all the way through the movie, and three episodes of whatever was playing on Disney Junior channel afterward.
I love the half birthday tradition. It is fun to celebrate the kids' lives more than once a year!
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