a thank you card going out to the families who came to the birthday party.
these are pictures from brandon's 6th birthday party on 10-10-10. [his actual birthday was on 10-11-10] we had it at tanaka farms. the kids all got to go on a wagon ride around the farm, go to the petting zoo, pick veggies, see pumpkins get shot out of a cannon and pick a pumpkin right off the vine to take home!! 
it was so much fun despite the 95* weather!! it was HOT!! luckily, our party area was under a tent!
there was so much room for the kids to roam around. just hard to wrangle 15 kids when you want them all in one place! we must have taken over 10 pictures each between 2 cameras and we still didn't get a good picture of all the kids!
brandon & his brother in the petting zoo area.
his ultraman birthday cake and halloween cupcakes. i wish i had a picture of brandon when i presented him with the cake. he was SO surprised!!
i always love the look on the kids' faces when the cake is lit! 
the gang
after the party, i attempted to get pictures of the (hot & tired) boys.
all brandon wanted to do was go home and open his presents!
he DID manage to smile in this picture with his mama! =)
look at who was all pooped out! brybry fell asleep in the car the minute we left the farm!
so let me share with you that i had a bit of a panic attack yesterday when picking up brandon from school. he ALWAYS waits for me at the backgate. after i saw his classmates come down and still seeing no sign of brandon after 5 minutes, i went up to his classroom. keep in mind it was thundering lightning & rain and i was carrying a half asleep bryan with no shoes on. i asked the sub if he saw brandon and he said no (i'm not even sure if he even knows who brandon is). so i walk back down to the gate. no sign of him. i asked a mom friend if she saw him & she said no. another mom was also helping me go to the front of the school and office to see if he was there. i go back up to the school. he wasn't in the classroom. i go back down and by this time, mostly everybody was gone. i was on the verge of tears thinking he worse possible senario. i went back up to the classroom and was so happy to see brandon in there, taking his time packing his backpack. i told him i spent the last 20 minutes looking for him and where he was...... turns out he was socializing in the hallway, talking to friends. that's AKA dilly-dallying!!! arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh, boys!!!! i'm so glad he was okay but he sure worried his mama!
happy 6th birthday brandon!
