Happy Happy Birthday

Well I know you've all been anxiously awaiting photos of Harry's birthday, so I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Harry's words after opening the crutches were "this is the best birthday present ever!" And, to make it even more authentic, we of course had to get an ace bandage to make a "cast". AND, since he's five and his birthday was on Sunday, we of course let him take the crutches to our 9:00 am church meeting. The only problem was, he was a bit too authentic, and people kept asking him and us what had happened. The good thing about Harry though is that most people in the ward know him well enough to totally understand the explanation of him wanting them for his birthday.

We did have a sort of funny/ironic experience today when Harry tried to come DOWN the stairs on his crutches and lost his balance, falling from the 5th stair unto the travertine tile. I could just imagine my conversation with the emergency room doctor, "no, doctor, we won't need any crutches...why not? oh, well, he fell and broke his leg while playing with the crutches he got for his birthday"...anyway, no harm done today. But, I may break the legs of my other children if they don't stop fighting over the dang things. Maggie and Joe spent the entire day complaining that THEY didn't get crutches for their birthdays...not that they asked for them, but shouldn't I just be able to read their minds? Anyway, that's a story for another day.

All in all, a great day...we had the Robers and Grandma Carole and Grandpa Joe over for dinner and cake....this may not be the prettiest cake I've ever made, but it ranks up there pretty high on the coolness factor...For those of you who are Star Wars impaired, this is supposed to be the Death Star.

Harry had a great day...thanks for all the calls and gifts...here is one of his favorites...a Pirates at World End shirt from Grandpa Steve and Grandma Lark....thanks...he loves it!