5!

B was looking forward to his birthday so passionately.  He kept asking if it was his birthday, today, every day.  He was actually really looking forward to getting to choose a gift from the birthday box at church.  One day he cried at the end of sharing time because he thought it was his birthday, about 2 months before the day. 

We made a paper chain to help him visualize and count down the days until his birthday.  The Sunday finally came and he got to choose a gigantic sticky hand from the box.  It was everything he'd ever hoped for.  The next day, his actual birthday was low key.  We had a friend party on Saturday and lots of friends came.  We didn't make a big deal about opening presents but it was fun that once they were open, all the kids just played with the toys.

B saved my sanity with this super easy "cake".  We had gummy dinosaurs that lP bought for B a few weeks ago.  B is obsessed with doughnuts and it's been a while since anyone lost a tooth.  Grandpa bought doughnuts for the boys last year when they went camping.  Grandpa is out of the country on a mission, so there were no doughnuts this year for camping.  But we had doughnuts for B's birthday and that was a great treat.