Although Nicholas' birthday is on October 5th, we celebrated it on Saturday the 3rd. We wanted to keep it small and low key since he didn't even know what a birthday is. I scheduled a tour at our neighborhood fire station for 10 in the morning. The captain on duty let the kids climb into the rig and we watched the firefighters cleaning the station, the truck, etc. He then took out his gear and put everything on while explaining what it was for, the boots, suit, etc. It's nice for the kids to see the firemen in gear so they won't be afraid. He also showed us around the inside of the station. Nicholas Roma was excited to see the trucks and really enjoyed sitting inside of the truck.
For lunch, the kids made pizzas. Nicholas kept eyeing the chocolate cake I made for his birthday. For decoration, I wrote Happy Birthday and put a Playmobil helicopter on top. He was SO excited about the helicopter that he could care less about the cake or that we were singing 'Happy Birthday' to him! He loves that helicopter!
There was a stack of presents on the edge of the table that he didn't notice. Actually they were gifts for him from a shower friends threw me before our last trip. We've been consciously trying not to overwhelm him with things as he can get over stimulated easily. The girls kept trying to get him to open the presents but he was so excited about the helicopter he didn't care. Several hours later, Olivia literally shoved some presents at him and showed him how to open them. Finally he figured out what to do.
He loved everything he got and exclaimed "Wow" every time he opened something new. He got a train set including a Thomas the Train and Harold the Helicopter, a fire truck puzzle, train cap and whistle. He enjoys playing with the trains and even has shown a little interest in the Thomas the Train dvd series.
For lunch, the kids made pizzas. Nicholas kept eyeing the chocolate cake I made for his birthday. For decoration, I wrote Happy Birthday and put a Playmobil helicopter on top. He was SO excited about the helicopter that he could care less about the cake or that we were singing 'Happy Birthday' to him! He loves that helicopter!
There was a stack of presents on the edge of the table that he didn't notice. Actually they were gifts for him from a shower friends threw me before our last trip. We've been consciously trying not to overwhelm him with things as he can get over stimulated easily. The girls kept trying to get him to open the presents but he was so excited about the helicopter he didn't care. Several hours later, Olivia literally shoved some presents at him and showed him how to open them. Finally he figured out what to do.
He loved everything he got and exclaimed "Wow" every time he opened something new. He got a train set including a Thomas the Train and Harold the Helicopter, a fire truck puzzle, train cap and whistle. He enjoys playing with the trains and even has shown a little interest in the Thomas the Train dvd series.
5 comments:
what a beautiful birthday celebration for a beautiful boy!! Sounds like a fantastic day and a great introduction into what is the first of many many future happy birthdays to come!! G-d bless! !
Steph
That is so cute! Amazing and somewhat sad for a 4 yr old to not even notice his presents. Quite a change from how they usually rip them open and look for more! I'm sure he'll get it down quickly.:)
I noticed you wrote that Nicholas seemed interested in Baby Einstien dvd's on a previous post. My son and some kids I used to babysit loved one called Baby Newton All About Shapes - I can still sing the song! Also good was Baby Shakespeare, World of Poetry. The ages are 1+ but they were 3-6 years and still found them funny and interesting.
Take Care - you're doing great!
Julie
So precious! Your love for Roman is so obvious in your writing and he looks so happy. Congratulations to you. It sounds like you are all feeling better. So glad. :)Janie
Happy Birthday to Nicholas! Our Nick was (occasionally still is) a big fan of Thomas. If you have a vcr player, we could pass along some Thomas the train videos!
Christmas was our first big gift holiday and Nick was very similar about one particular gift but it was fun to watch him catch on. :)
How awesome! What a fun day - Happy Birthday Nicholas!! We went through the same present phenomenon with Ben. It sounds like you guys are doing well & adjusting. It is a process :)
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