Feast or Famine?!

The joy of January birthdays, as Cole was quick to point out, is the abundance of gifts received right away beyond those delivered by Santa Claus to rest of family. Dane opened a plethora of fabulous birthday presents & promised to share with his older brother (who doesn't think he can possibly wait until end o' summer even though we assured him that we only have one b-day apiece each year). Cole should move to Poland where they celebrate name days too:)...However, little does Dane know that he'll have to wait a whole year for it to be his turn again-ugh!
The dinosaur stuff was actually left over from Christmas-oops! & courtesy of a gift certificate from Great Grandpa & Grandma Shaw Thanks Grandpa Gar & Grandma Neecy for fulfilling a dream to own a real light saber:) not to mention a very generous check! not pictured = Cait's willingness to pass on easy-bake oven complete with new meal packets so boys can make their own pizza, mac n' cheese & soft pretzels:) "It's the gift that keeps on giving!" Grandpa & Grandma Parker sent a cool monkey created @ Build-a-Bear in UT with a special message just for Dane! Dad had to get Daners his own batmobile to cruise around the house in style courtesy of E-bay! Aunt Britt sent a great stash of Spiderman & Backyardigan fruit snacks (that were consumed within a week:))as well as a sweet Spiderman disc shooter that Dane used with natural finess!
And we saved the best for last = a handmade (not by mom:)) reversible cape so Dane could be Superman or Batman depending on his mood & deluxe gear including fooper hewo bloves a.k.a. (sound-activated) super hero gloves!!!