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everyone gathered around for the festivities!

lighting the candles and singing.

now that's a happy little boy!

chow down, buddy!

opening prizes was his second favorite part...

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playing with the leftover halloween band aids...

playing dress-up at auntie barbaras with her niece and nephews!

fun story time at the library!

filling up our new bird feeder!

watching his little capsules grow into foamy animals!

getting spoiled with some ice cream while out with daddy!

goofy foam hair in the tub!

his two favorite things- minions and bb-8!

scoping out the area from his perch...

pancakes with a smile!

building with dominoes!

a special trip to skyzone!

a special hug with mema- he can never get enough of those!  ...and neither can she!

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opening up his minion prizes!

so many prizes!

mema and papa got him a bike!  he wasnt too sure about it, but we were thrilled!

finally- cake time!

good ol' blue tongue!

ledger got to try his first ever pinata!  he totally loved giving that thing a good whack!  jackson might have gotten a bruise or two for his troubles...

checking out their loot...

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the special birthday cake for the special birthday boy!

scoping it out with the cousins.

we still had to eat and open prizes, but that didn't matter- they were busy focusing on that cake!

an impromptu dance party erupted!

enjoying his macaron while the rest of us had pizza.

ledge and the girls had a blast digging through the costume box and putting on a show!

like i said, the whole night was all about minions!

birthday fish

found him- the perfect blue beta for our little boy!

setting up the new fish tank, getting it all set for its new resident.

he spent the entire night just watching that little guy swim around and explore his new home.

he was a little sad that he couldn't pet bluety, but figured he could still give him a hug...  (i'm pretty sure this is one of the cutest pictures ever taken by anyone ever.)

shawn's birthday

shawn taking a break from all the crazy birthday fun to grab a bite of pizza- got to refuel!

changing in his tickets for points so he can get some of the free toys!

this one was a bit too spooky for him...

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not entirely sure what sort of 'science' project he was trying to do here, but i'm glad we caught him before there was any broken glass...

who says halloween costumes are just for halloween?  not our boy, that's for sure!

'don't mind me, i'm just eatin' oatmeal and bein' cute...'

out playing at the playground!

making crafts (which usually means making robots...)

ledge enjoying the carousel during another museum visit!

playing with coins, learning what each one of them is called.

lego batman

the three of us ready for showtime!

up front they had a cityscape for the kids to take pictures with batman.  ledge got there before batman, but still wanted a picture!

the caped crusader and my own personal boy wonder!

mikey likes birthday parties

ledger made a special card just for mikey.

mikey's new born cousin was at the party and ledger was really excited to hold her.

ledger was all about playing with mikey's brother's pet snake!