A perfect Noah day

Noah had very specific ideas about how to celebrate his birthday, and I waited with baited breath to hear about what he desired, secretly wondering and worrying if I would be able to pull off his dream celebration... My worries quickly disappeared as he laid out his plan:
Breakfast, waffle sandwich with Nutella; bike to MYO for yogurt, hang out and play Lego the rest of the day; dinner, lasagna, steamed broccoli, and chocolate-chocolate-Nutella-strawberry cake.
Don't you want to have a party? No
How about inviting a few friends over to share our dinner? No
Do a special outing with a good friend? No
Meet friends at MYO? No

Noah was very clear about what would constitute a perfect day, and we were happy to acquiesce. 

Typically, the boys do not get out of bed until closer to 8, although the shimmer of light under the door means they are often not sleeping late but rather laying in bed reading. Gentle proddings are needed to get the boys to the breakfast table. Not on his birthday, where for the first time Noah experienced the sense that time stood still. "Mamma, I have been up for soooo long.. and I waited and waited for the appropriate time to come out of my room... but it took sooooo long." His patience exercise was not over quite yet, as it was still too early to expect Dad to wake up on a non school day...  Noah paced the hall way, climbed the door posts, and finally at the stroke of 8 burst through the door and jumped on the bed to wake up his favorite adult, Dad.

Since it was his day and nobody had any where they had to be, we lingered on the couch in pjs while Noah opened gifts, squealing with joy as he opened one perfect present after the other. Lukas being a kind big brother happily assisted in pulling things out of tight packaging, installing new games on the computer and even offered to do a test run with the new RC car.

When all the boxes were empty, the boys crawled up on the couch to research the value of the Greek Drachmas that Uncle Joel so kindly included in the birthday card.. 250 of anything got to be worth something was the hope, only to find the value to be purely artistic - won't buy a thing.

Noah had a large MYO for lunch, the rest of us fortified with a light lunch prior to biking down town. The rest of the day was dedicated to playing with the new toys, knowing that there were no limits on video game time, no need to do chores nor clean up - daily routine completely suspended for the perfect Noah celebration.