Celebrating Joel!

Last Sunday we celebrated Joel's birthday a couple weeks early because I was scheduled for surgery one week before his birthday and will be out of commission. As usual he was very involved in the party planning weeks in advance. He decided on a "Science Party" and requested experiments, giving himself "mad scientist hair", a cheesecake with a erlenmeyer flask on it and safety glasses for all of his friends. Philip made a delicious cheesecake and Joel decorated it with a little help, my parents helped with the set up and experiments, and I think the party went off well and Joel was pleased. I can't believe my Joely Poley is almost 6!