As we approach Nick's 9th birthday we kicked it into high gear this weekend. It always seems like birthdays go on for about a week in our house - ha! On Friday night, Nana and Mimi came over and celebrated.
Nick elected for a friend birthday party this year. After this party I will have two more parties left - Hallejah! Nick invited friends over and they played at froggie island then returned to our house to play kick ball, cook out and eat cake and ice cream. It was fun but as my friend, Sarah says, boy birthday parties are a bit like "Lord of the Flies." It was insanity! But again, the boys seemed to have had fun and that's all that matters.
The boys got into digging a dam and catching fish (with their bare hands, don't ask). Alex came over early and I took Nick and Alex to see a movie.
Nick's friend, Jacob, gave him their STEM project from school. Apparently, Nick and Jacob and two other kids worked on this together. Nick said he "engineered" the whole thing. When the project was done, only one child from the group got to take it home and Jacob was the lucky winner. Jacob knew how much the project meant to Nick so he wrapped it up for him for his birthday. It was Nick's favorite gift. He said to me last night when he was going to bed, "Mom, it may look like a piece of crap but trust me, it's super cool." Nick and his group of friends make me smile!
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