juma's fake birthday

Saturday, we celebrated Juma's "fake birthday," so he could have one during his school year. He had a lot of fun, and declared that today "was a really good day." He chose to have his party at the local nickel arcade (and he spent all his nickels on shooting games...ugh).

He insisted on having a Star Wars theme, so we headed to the party store a couple weeks ago to find the supplies. We saw Dora the Explorer, Shrek, Sponge Bob, Disney Princesses, Cars, and Speed Racer, but no Star Wars. And Juma wouldn't budge. So we tried Target...still no luck. And still Juma wouldn't budge.

It was Star Wars and that's final.

Thank goodness for the internet. When shopping for Star Wars party supplies online, we saw a Darth Vader pinata. Juma insisted we get it.

"You want a pinata? At the nickel arcade?" I asked.

"Mom," he said, like he was explaining things to a two-year old. "Who has a party without a pinata?!?!"

Like, duh.

Never mind that I've had 28 birthdays and never a pinata.

But he is my only child, so of course he won. We got the Darth Vader pinata. The kids promptly destroyed it.



Unfortunately, we couldn't get a Star Wars cake, so he picked Hot Wheels instead.



And it turned out all his presents were either Star Wars or Hot Wheels. Five-year olds are so easy to shop for.