Birthday Boy!

This past Thursday was a special day for my Thomas. He has been counting down all month for his 9th Birthday to be here. So I saw it fitting to put a little count down on the mirror to keep his excitement going, and to show him we are excited too! One small thing he loved!

The day before his birthday, I took Thomas on a mother-son date to Lowes Xtreme Airsports in Provo where Thomas and I got to practice our trampoline and tumbling skills. He has been wanting to go there for a while, but I would feel bad because I don't want Keira going yet. That girl does not mix well with trampolines. So, I let Mike have a father daughter date while I took Thomas. I admit, I have lost a lot of my abilities-sad. I feel old: I get dizzy doing flips and get a little scared of jumping too high on the tramp or climbing too high on the rock wall (even though there is a giant foam pit below), and I was exhausted after a half hour. Thomas particularly enjoyed throwing all the foam blocks at me and trying to cover me up in the foam pit. We had a good time! Sorry, no pictures of that though.

This is what Natalie and I did to Thomas's door after he finally fell asleep that night before his birthday. When he opened the door the next morning, they tumbled down on him and I heard him give a surprised "Woah!" He thought it was a neat surprise. I expected him to rip down the streamers to get out, but instead, crawled through the streamers. 

That night, I sent him on a scavenger hunt around the house to find his presents. This is some of it. 

He was happy with what he got but seemed a little disappointed it wasn't very many gifts (oh kids), and one in particular was missing. We sent him outside in the dark to try his new bike I got him. As he was doing that with Chris, I decorated his cake with these little Sonic figures- the gift he really wanted. When he came back in so we could sing to him, he jumped up and down with excitement when he saw the Sonic figures on the cake. I wish I got it on camera. I don't understand what is so great about Sonic but this kid loves it. He said it was the best day ever. Cute!

Look at that face:)

Thomas, at 9 years old, likes:

-Sonic

-Minecraft

-Lego Ninjas

-Running/racing

-Drawing

-Playing baseball

-He is getting to be really good at speaking Chinese (amazing!)

-He loves cookie dough ice-cream

-Wants to work for Sega

-Loves chili dogs

-And likes to eat at Sonic

(mid-jump shot)

Happy Birthday, Thomas! I love you!