Birthday Boy

Yesterday was Jason's birthday ~ my baby is 9 years old! So we ditched school for the day in order for him to enjoy his new gifts and go bowling with his friends in the afternoon. (I did sneak in a couple of read-alouds while he was building with Legos) One of our family traditions is finding your birthday gifts on the kitchen table when you wake up in the morning. (we are an impatient bunch). J found a new scooter, Star Wars Lego set, and 2 Creation Adventures DVDs. He was quite pleased!

He and Alex worked on the Lego model for a while together - who would guess there was 13 years difference between them?

We took 5 of Jason's friends to the bowling alley for a bowling birthday party ~ I brought cupcakes, brownies, chips, and drink pouches, and they bowled 2 games and then played in the arcade for a few minutes. Amanda also came with her friend Ellie. Yesterday was Ellie's birthday also ~ 9 years ago Amanda was at Ellie's 5th birthday party when I went to the hospital to have J. How time flies!