Sam's #5

My sweet five-year-old had one fabulous birthday.  We decided to do away with parties, and have a fun-filled day instead.  So, we gave him five surprises for his fifth birthday.  

Sam's Lloyd the Green Ninja Birthday Cake

Surprise #1:  Meeting Aunt Janet in Cranberry to go birthday shopping

$10 to spend at 5 Below!!

Surprise #2: Lunch at Chick-fil-A with Grandma, Aunt Janet, and the family

Home after lunch for cake and presents (not a surprise)

Surprise #3: Phipps Conservatory with Aunt Janet

Roar like a dragon!!!!

In front of Phipps

Surprise #4:  Dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse.  They were celebrating their 40th birthday and had a balloon guy and face painter there.  That's supposed to be batman on his cheek.  

Green baseball hat, golden sword, and ironman balloons

Surprise #5: Ringling Bros. Circus!!  This was actually a surprise for all of us as tickets became available to us about an hour and a half before the show.  Thankfully, we were just a few blocks away eating dinner.  God is good!  No, we didn't originally have a fifth surprise planned.

Check out those seats!  We arrived a few minutes late, and our seats were occupied.  So the usher had us sit in these vip seats with a counter and comfy rolling chairs.  I guess the monitors are on during hockey games, too.  It was nice to have as much legroom as we wanted and have some space to move around.  

The clowns did a skit called, "How many clowns does it take to change a light bulb?"  They were up and down silly ladders, falling all over the place and eventually it looked like the one clown electrocuted himself.  Sam was sitting on my lap and belly laughing so hard.  His unique laugh was echoing through the Consol Energy Center.  We all had such a fun day and enjoyed it so much more than a birthday party.  Isaiah's already looking forward to what his eight surprises might be on his next birthday.  :)