Quinton Turns Six!

What a darling little Birthday boy!  Quinton's sixth birthday was one for the history books!

I sure love this kid!  He is SOOOOO loved by his entire family - you can totally tell he's the youngest! He gets away with everything! When he's naughty, we all just laugh and say, "Isn't he adorable?"  But seriously, isn't he?!?

His day started out with opening his presents.  Then he went to school.

His kindergarten teacher is the BEST - literally!  All five of my kids have had excellent kindergarten teachers, but none have been as good as Ms. Angella.  She is a special human being!

Birthday celebrations in Ms. Angella's class are next-level.  They do it right before school ends, so everyone gets their backpacks and coats on, then they sit in a circle and the birthday kid comes up.

The birthday kid walks in a circle around a sun while the class sings, "The Earth goes around the sun, and Quinton turns one." Then, he stops and the student's parent shows everyone a picture of them when they were one. They tell the class what the kid was like when they were one - what their favorite thing to do was or their fave food, etc.  The whole process is repeated - the song while they walk around the sun, the picture and story - until they turn six. 

Then, instead of bringing treats (NDPA doesn't allow food in classrooms due to allergy issues) the birthday kid gives a birthday gift to the class. It is their favorite book which will go into the class library. Quinton chose "Fortunately." 

Finally, the birthday kid goes around the circle and each kid chooses whether to hug or high five them. Watching the kids genuinely celebrate Quinton was my favorite part of the whole thing!  It was so sweet!

Once kindergarten was over, Quinton and I still had half a day alone. We went to the store and he chose his own birthday cake.  This was the one he chose.  

Then I took him to his favorite restaurant for lunch. Yum!  Chinese food is the best!!

That night, we took him and the family to Golden Corral.  Talk about spoiled!  The staff even came over and sang to him!

After eating dinner at a buffet, nobody could eat the cake. So we just sang to him, let him blow out his candles, then we saved the cake for the next day.

Pretty good day, right? I think for our little six year old, it was "Practically Perfect In Every Way."