Benjamin turned 8 on Saturday March 12. We had a blast with him. These first few pictures of him blowing out candles and opening his present were actually from March 5
th. Emma opened hers on March 4
th and since they had both asked for Harry Potter
Legos, and we got them both at the same time, and it was already wrapped, he begged and begged to open his too. He is not our most patient child :). We got these cute cupcakes from an auction the night before and he was bound and determined to get all 8 candles on one little cupcake. I didn't think it could be done, but he accomplished it.
They had both sets of
Legos built that very same day. I need to put up some pictures of them. They are pretty cool.
His actual birthday was one long adventure. We left around noon and went to Party City to get some cheap little toys for our primary class. Ben had a dollar that Emma gave him that morning and he was so excited by all the little toys he could buy there. Then we went to Subway for lunch. Ben and Emma both love Subway, but we very rarely go there as a family (because, lets face it, it is more expensive to eat there than other fast food joints :). He kept telling us how his sandwich was the best (plain french bread loaf, provolone, and turkey - nothing else on it).
Then we went to the train (Max) station and rode down town to go to the BSA store and get him his scout shirt and patches. We forgot to take any pictures of the actual store and shopping, but he loved it. It was so funny to see him walking around pulling out the the patches and asking what they were for and how many he could put on his shirt.... etc. He is so excited to start doing scouting. I love that David is into it because I really don't understand any of it.
When we had discussed what we were going to do for his birthday the only 2 things we knew for sure were the scout store and Panda Express for dinner. So already he was loving that we had gone to party city and Subway as well. After the scout store we started asking him what else he wanted to do. He couldn't really think of anything but he didn't really want to go home. When we got off the street car to get on the train Ben noticed Finnegan's toy store. He begged to go in so we did. We had a blast. He likes it because it makes him think of
Mr. Magoriums Wonder Imporium.
We stayed here for about an hour. They have a little bit of everything. Even David and I enjoyed looking around. I was thrilled when we left only spending a dollar to get these little pencil topper animals. I was quite happy with that little bargain.
After the toy store he still didn't want to go home so we decided to go to the little down town mall that was right down the street. We spent some time in "The Game Stop," and rode the
escalators a few times then decided we were all hungry again and ready for dinner. So we hopped back on the train, went and got our car, stopped at Target to get a whole bunch of cereal (we are cereal freaks and we were almost out) then went and had a yummy dinner at Panda Express.
After 7 long but fun hours we
finally headed home. He
couldn't wait to try on his scout shirt. I thought he looked so cute. We have since washed it so it fits a little better. We spent the rest of the night watching the new Nickelodeon movie
Best Player (I think that's what it was called - it was very cute). He said this was his best birthday ever. It really is great to be eight :).
They had both sets of Legos built that very same day. I need to put up some pictures of them. They are pretty cool.
His actual birthday was one long adventure. We left around noon and went to Party City to get some cheap little toys for our primary class. Ben had a dollar that Emma gave him that morning and he was so excited by all the little toys he could buy there. Then we went to Subway for lunch. Ben and Emma both love Subway, but we very rarely go there as a family (because, lets face it, it is more expensive to eat there than other fast food joints :). He kept telling us how his sandwich was the best (plain french bread loaf, provolone, and turkey - nothing else on it).
Then we went to the train (Max) station and rode down town to go to the BSA store and get him his scout shirt and patches. We forgot to take any pictures of the actual store and shopping, but he loved it. It was so funny to see him walking around pulling out the the patches and asking what they were for and how many he could put on his shirt.... etc. He is so excited to start doing scouting. I love that David is into it because I really don't understand any of it.
When we had discussed what we were going to do for his birthday the only 2 things we knew for sure were the scout store and Panda Express for dinner. So already he was loving that we had gone to party city and Subway as well. After the scout store we started asking him what else he wanted to do. He couldn't really think of anything but he didn't really want to go home. When we got off the street car to get on the train Ben noticed Finnegan's toy store. He begged to go in so we did. We had a blast. He likes it because it makes him think of Mr. Magoriums Wonder Imporium.
We stayed here for about an hour. They have a little bit of everything. Even David and I enjoyed looking around. I was thrilled when we left only spending a dollar to get these little pencil topper animals. I was quite happy with that little bargain.
After the toy store he still didn't want to go home so we decided to go to the little down town mall that was right down the street. We spent some time in "The Game Stop," and rode the escalators a few times then decided we were all hungry again and ready for dinner. So we hopped back on the train, went and got our car, stopped at Target to get a whole bunch of cereal (we are cereal freaks and we were almost out) then went and had a yummy dinner at Panda Express.
After 7 long but fun hours we finally headed home. He couldn't wait to try on his scout shirt. I thought he looked so cute. We have since washed it so it fits a little better. We spent the rest of the night watching the new Nickelodeon movie Best Player (I think that's what it was called - it was very cute). He said this was his best birthday ever. It really is great to be eight :).
6 comments:
What a fun birthday! He's getting so old!! I LOVE that smile he's got wearing the scout shirt. :)
Happy Birthday Ben!! Sounds like you had a really fun day. You look great in your new scout shirt. You will have tons of fun going to scouts!
I am glad he had such a great Birthday!! That is awesome that he is so excited about Scouts! I'm not sure we have even talked about Scouts yet with Ryan! Can't wait to see pictures from his baptism! And just FYI, Ryan will be getting baptized on April 9th too!! I thought it would be fun to have them be on the same day! Too bad we are not close and they could be baptized together!
Big scout shirt is good- then they can wear the same one until they are done :) Our kids are not allowed to be getting this old!!!!! :)
He has got to be the cutest cub scout ever!
You are so good at birthday parties ! (Or should I say birthday marathons?) I can't wait to see those awesome Harry Potter lego's. Lego's are a mom's best friend. (Used to be crayons.)
See you soon...
I love the little cupcake with 8 candles. I can not believe he is eight. This is just getting crazy. Hey, I gave angel your cell number the other day. I did not think you would mine. Love ya and hope to see you soon.
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