My birthday wishes go out to my now 9 year old. It seems hard to believe that, at this time in 2000, he was just over 5 hours old and hubby had finally gotten his dinner. So many milestones have been reached in those years. Sleeping through the night, eating regular food, walking, swimming, potty training, zippers, talking, tying shoes, t-ball, soccer, scouts, school. On and on it goes. Today was spent celebrating in many ways. It began with a note on the boys bathroom mirror wishing him a Happy 9th Birthday. We baked cup cakes to take to his class while I was in Ladies Bible Study. He got to open a couple presents before going to dinner. (One came early and their BIG presents will be given in between their birthdays).
To encourage more reading, we gave he a Star Wars Clone book. One in a series, I'm sure will get read a lot.
We try to take the boys out for dinner on their birthday's to a favorite restaurant. Thing One's choice, Silver Diner. We'd signed them up, a few years ago, for the birthday club and thankfully had gotten a post card coupon for the meal and a kid sized shake free. We used each of the boys coupons (Thing Two's b-day is in one week) and the overall bill wasn't to bad.
Tuesday nights at Silver Diner also happens to be kids night, which means there are balloons, face painting and all diners showing up with kids sit in the same section. Thing One had a fire engine and flames painted onto his face.
Thing Two, of course, had to have Star Wars and light sabors.
On the way home from dinner, we took time to tell Thing One what we liked about him. So, he heard that he's funny, fun to play lego's with, proud of how he likes to learn about the bible, the best brother in the WHOLE world, clever, and several variations of this. Thing one went to bed this evening feeling loved.
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