Pooh's birthday

Nathan has loved Pooh bear for as long as I can remember.  He used to take Pooh everywhere. So it became time to get a new Pooh.  I took him to every store I could think of to purchase a new Pooh.  He didn't like any of them.  One day while in Build-a-Bear, the employee overheard me trying to convince Nathan to replace his old Pooh with a new best friend.  She told me that they were coming out with a Pooh in a few days.  Fortunately Nathan loved the new Pooh and has had him ever since but rarely takes him anywhere so he stays nice and clean.

Last week was my birthday and so Nathan was very curious about his birthday.  Of course he was hoping that his birthday was soon, but unfortunately he has a long wait.  So Saturday he had a new idea.  He told me first thing in the morning that tomorrow (Sunday) was Pooh's birthday and we needed to celebrate.  I had some Chuck E Cheese tokens left over from going earlier in the week so I asked him if he thought Pooh would like to go there to celebrate.  I wish I had a video camera to record how Nathan's eyes lit up at the thought that his plan worked.  We were really going to celebrate Pooh's birthday.  He figured that since he got that out of me, he may as well try for more.   Next he told me that we needed to get Pooh presents (like a new guitar that Nathan has been asking for).  The funny part was when he told Zachary that the presents could not be made out of paper.  Zachary is an artist and almost all his gifts are made out of paper.  So I felt a little bad for Zach.  I didn't go with Nate's plan to get Pooh a guitar but I did have plans to buy the kids some marbles so that is what I would get Pooh.  Again, Nathan's eyes lit up.  

Nathan never did ask for a birthday cake for Pooh, but I decided that if we went this far with Nate's little game, I may as well finish it off.  I baked Pooh a birthday cake. 

We celebrated all this on Saturday since we go to church on Sunday.  But I am afraid I created a monster.  By Sunday, I was done with celebrating Pooh's birthday and Nathan got upset when I wouldn't make "Pooh's" favorite lunch-mac and cheese.   Is it just a coincidence that mac and cheese is Nathan's favorite food?

We told Zach we would have to wait until July to celebrate "Nothing's" birthday.  That is a long story in itself.  But since this is my journal maybe I will blog about that sometime.