Miguel turns 11… it’s a whole weekend celebration!

By Andrea


Early Friday, January 23, Wayne goes to wake Miguel. His eyes are barely focused and Wayne gives him a big birthday hug and hands him his bday card and present. The card makes noise of course, it’s a Monster Truck card! Miguel receives a new baseball glove from Mom & Dad.  Time to go to school…

Miguel has a very small 5th grade class at Sunshine Cottage, 11 kids in all. So on Friday, January 23, Miguel’s actual Birthday, we took pizza from Alamo Pizza (yum!) and home-made brownies to his class for lunch. They sing Happy Birthday and get to eat lunch together in the classroom. (Thanks Mrs. Ybarra & Mr. Pfeifer)

After school, the boys in the class to come to the house for a birthday sleepover. Christian, Miguel’s cousin joins us too! It’s an afternoon of shooting hoops, eating snacks, burgers, and hotdogs and of course, playing RockBand! Bubba and Layla are in town for the special occasion. All the adults play RockBand too! What a party! Finally, late in the evening, they are sound asleep. It’s a sight to see, because I remember when they were so little all sprawled out in the den, now they barely fit all in one room! Little boys in big bodies – all sound asleep.

The next morning you can hear them talking and laughing really early. The next thing you know, they are outside in pj’s shooting hoops and playing chase. They come in for breakfast, homemade waffles and fresh fruit, Miguel’s favorite! After breakfast, everyone gets ready to go to Malibu Castle as the girls from class are going to join us for a Malibu Birthday Party. Arcade games, miniature golf, race cars & paddle boats. Whew, what a day!

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