It's been a few weeks since it happened....but somehow our little guy grew up and decided to turn eight last month. We decided to have a little 'Ten Days of Birthday' countdown, and he got a little something each day for the ten days leading up to his birthday. Nothing major - just a special breakfast, or extra electronics time, things like that. We also celebrated with the birthday banner hanging in the living room that he got from Mimi and Beepa for Christmas. Looking forward to using it for many years to come, including when he's a teenager and super embarrassed by it. ;)
Right before his birthday, he lost yet another tooth! Took him forever to lose his first, and now he seems to be losing them left and right.
On his actual birthday, he was lucky enough to have the day off school for part of his May break. I woke up to make him his birthday pancakes to find him snuggled up under his new blanket with a backlight, reading one of his new books he got from Aunt Meggie and Uncle Kyle. :) Love how much he loves to read!
After dropping Sister off at school, I surprised him and took him back to the house and spent the entire time Riley was at school playing his new xbox game with him. Neither of us had ever played Fifa before, so we weren't really good at it, and we laughed a lot!
We picked Riley up and then headed to meet Daddy for a pizza lunch. Dinner was lettuce wraps, of course, and we had a special cupcake dessert.
A couple days later, we had his birthday party with friends. It had to be the easiest party I ever threw -- two hours of playing video games with friends and cookie cake. Basically, I greeted the guests, cut the cookie cake, and snapped pics of the boys before they left. The rest of the time was spent engrossed in the massive screens that filled the place. :)
Happy birthday, Gavin Jack! You're growing into a really amazing young man and we're so proud of you. Love you more than any other boy in this world. XOXO
