Sonny Turned Six

We celebrated with a Star Wars-Lego-Costume party! That's where you put Star Wars guys on your cake, and only play Legos, and everyone wears their Halloween costumes.  It's the best.

This cake was the real deal.  Made exactly to Asher's specifications, (and I quote), "Mom, I want a cake the color of Tatooine with C-3 and R2 facing away from each other like when they part in the desert and a 6 candle in the middle." He insisted on sprinkling the "sand" on himself and placed his action figures just so. 

Asher.  Or Ash, Asher-man, Sonny, Son as he's known around these parts (Son is saved for when he's in trouble).

I think when your only boy turns six you're supposed to stop saying (thinking) things like He's the cutiest cutey doll-faced sweetie baby.  But I can't seem to help myself.  That kid, bless his heart.

Asher's friends gave him the boyiest boy toys I have ever seen.  (I know I just followed up cutiest with boyiest.  It's the latiest.) Remote-control cars, Nerf guns, Ninjago...it was wild.  The star of the show was the Pirates of the Caribbean White Cap Bay Lego set.  With approximately 12 million pieces and two hideous mermaids, it was apparently designed to tug at the heart strings, or  the I HAVE TO HAVE THAT OR I'LL DIE strings, of every 6 year old boy on the planet.  Upon its unveiling, two boys spontaneously burst into tears.

"I'll never have one of these" one cried.  His brother, a Lego master, kept his composure long enough to ask "Asher, do you even know how to put that together by yourself?"  When Asher admitted that No, his dad would help him, the sorrowful brother actually ran out the front door, with much wailing and gnashing of teeth.  It took Nate 20 mins to hunt him down.

Is there anything worse than seeing someone else get exactly what you want, knowing that they won't appreciate it like you would?  No.  There is not.  Which is why Nate and I are still chuckling in empathy to this day.

Asher was so wrapped up in the assembly of Cap'n Jack Sparrow's canoe, I don't think he even noticed when his friends were dragged from the party by their embarrassed mother.  Happy 6th Birthday, Asher.  Greedy little sweetheart.