Boudreaux Turns 10!...Again

Somehow, a festive birthday celebrated by pancakes in the pineywoods and capped off with the purchase of Il Penguini, the camping AC, is not quite enough to make these modern 10 year olds feel loved and appreciated. They want a pizza-and-wii orgy. So we gathered up four out of the five bestest buddies (#5 was out of town), went to Sam's for three huge take-and-bake pizzas, stripped the living room of anything Amish, gave Rufus the old "you have to be patient...your birthday will come soon" peptalk, stirred the big blue jello shot known as the Walmart pool, made a gallon of koolade, and got down to business.

In a move that signaled the G-woman herself was smiling down from heaven and bestowing approval without even thinking about it, Boudreaux requested Boston Cream Pie cupcakes for his official celebration. Photos below provide a glimpse of the festivities...

Notice the small girlchild right at home in the middle of all the boys...

Mom makes yet another smart-assed comment to Boudreaux.
The G-Woman smiles down on some very fine BCP cupcakes.

He did not like it when I asked, "Is that your girlfriend?"

Magoo eventually helped herself to three cupcakes, in a heart-felt attempt
to break the Guiness record for most cupcakes licked but never bitten in one sitting.

Poor kids...now they think that cupcakes and a stack of presents are supposed to be a normal part of weekly life...Magoo often runs over to where the gifts were stacked, points up there, and yells "present!" When I hold my hands up and say, "No more presents. All gone!" She gives me the evil eye and yells "MEAN!"