7 things about my 7 year old...and a birthday party

1.  You absolutely love being around your Papaw, you've had a lot of time with him this summer at    the River & have really enjoyed yourself.

2.  You love anything outdoors.  Fishing, swimming, boating, anything.  You're favorite though, would be Mamaw & Papaws 4-wheeler.  You love, love, love it.  You love it so much that one time before you rode to the store with Papaw you took the helmet with you so no one else could ride it until you did.  You tend to show off a little which kind of scares me.  You look at me to make sure I'm watching you when you should ALWAYS look straight ahead.  I'm trying to get this to sink in.

3.  You have been golfing quite a bit.  Creag bought you a set of clubs & tries to take you weekly when we have you.  You are doing great.  You are very patient with it & are getting a little bit better every week.

4.  You just lost your second bottom tooth, & you're top ones are also getting a little loose.  I'll just start calling you toothless.

5.  You are becoming a very independent reader & you love it.  You sat in bed the other night & read "Hank the Cowdog" by yourself.  When your time was up & I came in the room to tuck you in, you asked for 2 more minutes.  I gave it to you. 

6.  You are really excited & scared to start the 1st grade.  You seem to be your own worst critic, and are questioning if you're smart enough.  Of course you are!

7.  You are still a busy, busy, spunky little red-head with the cutest freckles. 

Birthday Party

You've been at your Dad's a lot this summer, but on Friday night on your birthday Creag and I along, with Sam drove to Dayton after work to pick you, Skylar & Wyatt up for dinner and birthday cake.  It was a great night spent with family & friends in celebration of your birthday.  We met everyone at Marions Pizza.  After our pizza dinner we had a marshmallow & chocolate cake that I had baked for you the night before.  You played games with your brother & sisters, your cousin Travis, & Jacob and just had a really good time. 

After the games, you opened your gifts & loved every one of them.  You didn't get a lot of toys this year, which was good considering you never, ever play with them.  Creag & I got you a baseball themed gift since you love the Reds.  We packed your new back pack full of fun things & you kept pulling stuff out of it saying "What!?  Is this Christmas or something!!"  It was awesome.  Everyone loved watching you.  You kept us all very entertained.

Your new shades!

And your candy mustache....

I think you favor Mr. Redleg.

A few other things that were in your bag were a MLB PlayStation 3 game, a set of baseball cards & a set of football cards. A Reds binder & card sleeves for your cards, baseball tickets to a Reds Game, a Reds hat & jersey, a pair of tennis shoes & random candy, like a Reds Pez dispenser & Big League bubble gum. Uncle Steve got you a Bengals t-shirt, Mamaw & Papaw gave you money & a new pair of skater shoes. Aunt Becky, Grandpa Wiggins, Uncle Justin, Angie, Amy & Jacob all gave you money which you used to buy yourself your first BB Gun!! You & Creag picked it out together online from Dick's Sporting Goods and you should be getting it delivered to you any day now. I would say overall, your birthday this year was great. I'll leave with a few more pictures of your day.

Happy Birthday buddy! I hope you had a great day!!!

XOXO,

Mom