there's no party like a 6 year old's party

So Seal Pup the elder turned 6 last week.  It was a big deal.

As is our way, we celebrated for a week with daily gifts.

There were special dinners with fantastic desserts.

This year he requested a "vanilla cake frosted half-vanilla and half chocolate"--because I am, apparently, made of time--NTS: cake from Nick Malgieri's Perfect Cakes book--vanilla butter cream frosting and milk chocolate ganache with additional heavy cream for extra whip to match butter cream volume).

There were special mom and son birthday breakfasts at The Shack.

And there was a party was a party...with games.