Wow, what a birthday it was!
*Note: In case you didn't know, Ashton LOVES the movie "Cars" and it's star - Lighting McQueen. Leading up to his birthday, when asked what he wanted, he told everyone, (my mom, Paul's mom, our mailman, his teachers, the Wal-Mart greeter) his exact wish. He would saying the following phrase in it's entirety (like the kid from "A Christmas Story" and his red rider BB-gun) "I want a Lighting McQueen car that blinks with the eyes that move and says Ka-Pow and Ka-Chow". I mean, it couldn't be a Lighting McQueen car or a McQueen toy, it had to be "The Lighting McQueen car that blinks with the eyes that move and says Ka-Pow and Ka-Chow". http://http//www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3102986
This toy, you'd think it was my holy grail. After searching several stores to find it, located the last one at Toys R Us, 10pm, the Sunday before his birthday and almost cried with relief. He has previously owned it and he has mistakenly thrown it in the bath tub thinking it could float.
Ashton turned 4 years old in a very quiet and easy going way. The night before his birthday, while he was sound asleep, we snuck into his bedroom and covered his floor with red and blue balloons. We also hung a "Cars" banner that read Happy Birthday right where he would see it upon awaking. He actually woke up around 5-ish and, surprisingly, missed the balloons to come downstairs and let us know Kate was sleeping in his bed and could we please move her out. Paul then escorted him back to bed and (in a full sized bed) my 2 year old, newly turned 4 year old and 6'9" husband all went back to sleep for another hour or so.
We then couldn't wait and decided to give him his presents after singing him Happy Birthday. He loved the 1st one, a box full of Lighting McQueen everything. Well, everything that is except the toy he so desperately wanted. I thought he'd throw the non-toy items to the side, grumbling "I don't want these. I want McQueen." But, in big boy fashion, he was happy with what he got and thanked us both. So, of course, we bring out THE TOY and how happy he was!
Thank you to everyone who called and sang to him throughout the day. He loved each and every call.
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