Madagascar 2 - Drake is a huge Madagascar fan! This kid does movie quotes like nobody's business.
Since the boys are exactly 4 1/2 years apart, they each have a half-birthday on the other one's real birthday, and we give the half-birthday boy one gift, while the real birthday boy gets several. Levi got a puzzle rack and four new puzzles! He is a puzzler, just like his daddy!
Drake got books, coloring books, and a drawing book, too! Here he is with his beloved new "Dragons of the Deep" creation science book from our favorite Alaskans!
His big gift from Daddy, Mommy, and Levi - a Razor scooter! This kid was over the moon! He has been riding it daily for the past week.
We got a cookie cake for our little family party - it was really good! I had never tried one before.
For the friends party last weekend, Drake wanted a "rain forest" party...Adam cut up all the fruit and I made the cakes - lemon rounds with vanilla frosting and chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting. (Adam helped me with frog placement!)
A closer view of the cake. (That's a pineapple top that we used for a plant.)
It's finally party time! This is a shot of the kids playing an ice cube game...who can hold the ice cube the longest without dropping it? Drake's friend Kiley won - their ice cubes had all but melted, so I was relieved when someone finally won the game! 
Make a wish....
Opening gifts
Drake loved the gifts from his friends!
Here's the "tree" we made to decorate for the rain forest party.
Drake in front of his tree! He colored all the animals in the branches during the week or so before his party. (The trunk and branches are paper shopping bags from the commissary, and the leaves and grass are construction paper.)***
Our big boy had a great time turning 7!
5 comments:
Drake,
Looks like some fun times!! Loved your "tree" and decorations for it. A rain forest party is a GREAT idea. Hope you enjoy being 7
:) Love GR S
Great pics and adorable cake (as always...you rock!) LOVE the rainforest tree and animals! And who wouldn't want a week long birthday? Madagascar is big at our house too. I can't believe Drake is 7 ALREADY! Isn't that just crazy?
I hope you'll leave (leaf) that tree up till you move. It's awesome! Loved the pictures. It reminds me of the "old" days when my son was that age.
You guys know how to have a good time. :)
WOW! Love the Rain Forest cake and theme and tree!!!! So Cute!!
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