The start to 2021 has been a tough one. As we said goodbye to someone very dear to us, and struggled with quarantining, we were not going to forgo celebrating Drew turning 13! He’s a TEEN! And he’s one of the best thirteen year old’s out there! To know him is to love him. I promise that. He has a heart of gold, a love of sports and cheeseburgers, rattles off stats, checks fantasy football, plays PS4 with his buddies, and still makes time for snuggles. He makes friends with young to old and we adore him!
His expectations for a birthday celebration are never large demands. He will gladly take what is offered to him among time constraints, a birthday just following a big holiday, and smack dab in the middle of Winter. This year we decided to try Axe-Throwing! Without gathering too many people and trying to be covid-responsible, we grabbed a few friends and some lumberjack decorations, and had the best time! Party tip: you can make any inexpensive, plain cake super cute and festive with your own decorations. I found these fake deer antlers in a 75% off Christmas bin at the craft store. I snatched them up without hesitation and knew I could find a use for them. Along with some buffalo plaid and little wood logs….party theme complete!
Time was short with everything we had going on, so we dropped invitations off with plaid cloth masks of course! We had to match…I mean come on!? If we must wear them, lets stick with the party theme and dress the part!
The kids had an absolute blast and in fact, the next day, Drew’s friend Carter was so inspired, he created an axe-throwing station in his basement! Way to go Carter!
We love you Drewy and celebrating your birthday was just the thing we needed to brighten our month! Can’t wait to see the awesome things you do this year!!
One of his besties and fellow KU Jayhawks fan, Uncle Scott, decided to schedule a work meeting during the party so he was in big trouble, but we were able to get Brian’s dad there and all of the kids were so sweet to him! He took a strong liking to the cheese curds on the menu and we may or may not have cleaned out the kitchen of curds! It was so cute!
His big gift was a set of AirPods but I think he was more excited about the clock radio and socks he received (he’s a bit of a grandpa, ha!) Love you to the moon DREW BOO!
And if you have 20 minutes, here is a link to his ‘Year in Review’ Birthday Video!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/286wvof8c17wo6w/Drew%2013%20Bday%20Video.mp4?dl=0
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