Aksel turned 5 on August 5th. Hence, his golden birthday commenced. We spread out the celebration (my favorite way of making a single day less crammed full and making the day after less of a letdown) and Aksel had a party in Minnesota several days before his birthday, a family blotkake on his birthday, and a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's with his friends 5 days after the 5th...The party was at 5:00 and yes, he had 5 friends there (Robby, Henry, Libby, Quinn, and Lachen, of course.)
Shawn and I are still getting over the shock that we actually allowed a party at the crazy pizza kiddie arcade. It seems to be opposite of all things we espouse: pre-packaged, processed, commercialized, overstimulating, and so it goes. Yes, it is the same venue that we knew as children. I went to Showbiz Pizza, but the companies has now merged, so actually we also were supporting a conglomerate. Agghhh!!! So, scruples were tossed aside--or at least they were tossed down the skeeball ramp to earn a few tickets. It was our boy's golden birthday, and the eco-conscious, Montessori-trained, organically-raised, socialist-leaning, fresh-air cured ways of the Reid family were put on <
In the attempt to follow the Monty Python tune, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," we've added a new verse:
When a party's held at Chuck E.'s, just smile and listen
To Aksel's squeals of glee and endless grins.
There's diversity within, languages throughout, and
It's just one afternoon of Aksel's 1825 so far. (365 x 5, btw)
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Aksel may never know his parents' philosophical struggles on fulfilling his dreams. To our relief, Lachen is planning a Revolutionary War-themed party. He either wants to camp out as if he and his men were on the banks of the Delaware River, or take a trip to the Minute Man Museum for the historical media presentation. Hopefully, his three best buddies are free to put on the Minute Man garb and go all late 18th century on us. I'm already researching colonial cake recipes...
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