Brett turned 13 on December 2! It was a Wednesday, so we had our normal obligations. But our friend Bonnie stopped by first thing in the morning to set the tone for a special day.
Brett likes stadiums and jumbotrons, so I bought this scoreboard birthday banner and let him customize it.
Brett wanted to outdo Lydia with her cake and asked for a 5-layer oreo cake. I learned from Lydia's cake that the layers take so much frosting. So I talked him into three layers but two cake mixes. Instead of cutting the 8 inch cakes in half, I kept them whole and made three of them, rendering a taller cake (that was the selling point for Brett). With the extra cake batter, we make cupcakes. The boys took the cupcakes over to our friend's house, who had dropped off gifts for Brett and Lydia, and left them on the doorstep.
I crumbled up oreos and mixed them in the buttercream frosting. It tasted like cookies and cream! Brett also wanted to make bath bombs. It was messy and they didn't stick together very good, but we have been enjoying them in the tub!
We had Chick-fil-A and funyuns for dinner. Brett got WWE themed gifts from Reggie and Lydia: a t-shirt and a puzzle. He got a chrome book from us.
Brett does a really good job of staying occupied in all his downtime. He oozes creative juices. He is so creative (and distracted) that there are unfinished projects everywhere! Earlier this fall (before Covid-19 was surging in our area) we participated in a Special Olympics car parade and Brett did a punt, pass, kick event. He placed 2nd in our area!
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