Little Big Man
Today my middle child turned 11. I have to say it was a really nice birthday. There was no squabbling or stress, everyone had fun, and everything went my son's way.
My parents came over late this morning with his gift: new swim trunks and beach towel. Our plan for the day was to go swimming and they knew his old trunks had gotten too small. They left around noon and he pointed out that he didn't actually turn 11 until 12:12 PM (the exact minute he was born 11 years ago). So when the time came, we immediately went in to the kitchen and I sheared off his hair that he'd been growing all year. He'd decided it was time. Here's what he looked like before the haircut.
Then we ate a little lunch, changed our clothes and headed over to the Y for a swim in the outdoor pool. It was a nice and sunny 80-ish degrees out. It was a perfect day for the pool. It was our first time out for the summer and we had a great time. The pool was busy, but not as packed as I thought it'd be on a sunny summer Saturday afternoon. But we didn't get there until 3:30. Maybe the crowd had thinned out before we got there. We stayed until about 5:00 and then decided to make our way home. We have a tradition in our family that the birthday person gets to pick what we have for dinner that day. E decided he wanted Papa Murphy's Hawaiian pizza with ham and pineapple. It was the first time we'd had any meat in a month and only the third time in two months. But that's okay. After all, it is a birthday and birthdays are special. After that we had cake. I'd made a cake and decorated it with a Geodude (which is a Pokemon character). I was surprised it turned out so well. Here is a picture of E with his little brother watching as we sang Happy Birthday to him and he waited to blow out the candles.
Notice the haircut? Anyway, after the cake and ice cream we gave him his gift: a Pokemon Ruby game for his Gameboy. The kid has been in heaven ever since. We kind of had a beach island theme after the swimming and Hawaiian pizza so we've had reggae music playing. E was busy playing the Pokemon game until 9:00 when he had to stop to watch the brand new Naruto episode he'd been waiting for for weeks. He thought it was all a cosmic birthday wish for him that the new episode would air on his birthday.
He agrees this has been a perfect day.
My parents came over late this morning with his gift: new swim trunks and beach towel. Our plan for the day was to go swimming and they knew his old trunks had gotten too small. They left around noon and he pointed out that he didn't actually turn 11 until 12:12 PM (the exact minute he was born 11 years ago). So when the time came, we immediately went in to the kitchen and I sheared off his hair that he'd been growing all year. He'd decided it was time. Here's what he looked like before the haircut.
Then we ate a little lunch, changed our clothes and headed over to the Y for a swim in the outdoor pool. It was a nice and sunny 80-ish degrees out. It was a perfect day for the pool. It was our first time out for the summer and we had a great time. The pool was busy, but not as packed as I thought it'd be on a sunny summer Saturday afternoon. But we didn't get there until 3:30. Maybe the crowd had thinned out before we got there. We stayed until about 5:00 and then decided to make our way home. We have a tradition in our family that the birthday person gets to pick what we have for dinner that day. E decided he wanted Papa Murphy's Hawaiian pizza with ham and pineapple. It was the first time we'd had any meat in a month and only the third time in two months. But that's okay. After all, it is a birthday and birthdays are special. After that we had cake. I'd made a cake and decorated it with a Geodude (which is a Pokemon character). I was surprised it turned out so well. Here is a picture of E with his little brother watching as we sang Happy Birthday to him and he waited to blow out the candles.
Notice the haircut? Anyway, after the cake and ice cream we gave him his gift: a Pokemon Ruby game for his Gameboy. The kid has been in heaven ever since. We kind of had a beach island theme after the swimming and Hawaiian pizza so we've had reggae music playing. E was busy playing the Pokemon game until 9:00 when he had to stop to watch the brand new Naruto episode he'd been waiting for for weeks. He thought it was all a cosmic birthday wish for him that the new episode would air on his birthday.
He agrees this has been a perfect day.
Labels: Family
posted by Mama G @ 9:25 PM
1 Comments:
At 10:03 PM,
Lilylou said…
Great looking kids, Mama G!
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