We celebrated Jon's birthday last week. He was thrilled to have so many come to his party..40 in all! As a rule he doesn't like large crowds but when it's his birthday he doesn't seem to mind..knowing it's 'his day' makes the difference. It took some time for him to eat..the table was filled with food waiting to be served. So once everybody had picked up their food and went back outside we cleared up part of the table so Jon could sit down and eat. That made all the difference, he sat down and ate! Anything revolving around food is often an issue for him. Jon did enjoy the food which was made with his 'likes' in mind..taco salad, bean dip, pork bbq, hotdogs and peanut butter eclair dessert. The pork bbq was amazing and prepared by one of Jon's staff.
After eating, he opened his gifts..he was funny to watch..if it was clothing he just threw it but the things that were precious to him went on his lap and after opening a few gifts he got up and left with his favorites. His Dad convinced home to come back to open the rest. His favorite gifts?..Rubber snake and a plastic sword! And of course he could hardly wait for the fireworks which he had received as gifts.
At the end of the party we had a great show of fireworks. One of the photos shows us all looking up in awe:)
I think Jon went to bed dreaming of his birthday party and sniffing the used firework tubes!
