Jake's 9th Birthday

October 2nd, 2013 

We started the day way before the sunrise.

Jake tried to wake up by splashing cold water on his face.

The darn camera flash was hard on the eyes at such an early hour of the morning.

But soon he started to wake up.

The tradition lives on....$100 from mom and dad.

Jake's new passion is space.

MiMi and Grandpa Jim knew exactly what to send.

Oh my Jake was thrilled with the money from Grandma and Grandpa.

Toasting with some blood orange sparkling juice.

Jake's favorite fruit is a blood orange.

Next stop breakfast at McDonalds.  The total for breakfast was $9.  Perfect for a 9th birthday.

Pop is a perfect choice for breakfast when it's your birthday.

Good choice for breakfast J!

Headed to school.  The birthday boy of course wanted a ride to school instead of riding the bus.

I delivered his request of Subway for lunch to school.

It happened to be "new kids on the block" lunch.  The new kids get to eat lunch with the counselor and then we had a super secret tour of the school.  We explored the halls and opened doors that were secret.

Brett and I picked up Jake from school because who wants to ride the bus home when it's your birthday.  We headed right to Target to start spending all that money.

Grandpa Wayne sent $20 and Jake found the perfect present to buy.

Time to check out.

The birthday boy then said..."take me to Barnes and Noble."

Dad snuck away from work.....

and met us at Pizza Ranch for dinner.

Next the birthday boy wanted Cherry Berry.

And what the birthday boy wants the birthday boy gets!

The shopping spree lined up.

It was hard for him to spend money.

He must take after me.  

But he got the hang of it and found some cool stuff.

Cake time.

He saved room for one tiny bite of cake.

 

He told me he would tell me what he wished later.

Be still my heart....he wished everyone would know Jesus.

Happy Birthday to my spirited, intense loving 9 year old!

I love you more than you will ever know.

A Perk

I happen to follow these two to school frequently.  Brett says it would not be cool if I followed him to school.

A very fabulous perk of being a stay at home mama is that I get to spend many days volunteering at their school.

Or maybe just stop by and eat lunch with them.

I get to meet their new friends.

I will be forever grateful for the time I am allowed to be a stay at home mom.

They are only little once.  

I will blink my eyes once and they will be all grown up.

Grandma and Grandpa

Ahhh Tom and Sue!!!!  They don't make it often so when they do it sure is special.

Brylee is a total Grandpa's girl.

We happen to love some Apple products.

There was homework to be done.

They were lucky they had 3rd grade math.

Helping Brett with 7th grade advanced math took hours.  I need a refresher course.

Followed by some football watching.

Then some tickling.

Brylee had a homemade ice cream making lesson.

That ice cream is Jake's favorite treat in the whole world.

And Grandma's famous strawberry cake.

We were able to drag Grandpa along to IKEA but not along with to Stillwater, MN.  We left the boys at home and had a girls afternoon.

Brylee was less than impressed with antique shopping.  She did not appreciate the smell of antiques and walked around plugging her nose.

Lunch outside right on the river.

Fun shopping.

The view after climbing 100's of stairs.

See you later pictures.