Birthday Boy

It is only fitting that two months after Noah turned 8 years old I should finally get some pictures of that cute kid up on this ole' blog! It sort of feels like the Callie show lately!

So without further ado, here is my boy!!



Our family tradition is that the birthday person gets to have the breakfast of their choice. Noah chose chocolate chip muffins. After the muffins he got to open presents. I don't have a picture of that. Maybe it was because it was pretty slim pickins this year. Because we were about to move and he was going to get his very own room he mostly got money for his birthday. He used the money to buy special things for his room. Gamma and PawPaw gave him money for a new skateboard. So he got to pick that out the day before. From Justin and I he wanted a new Nintendo game. So, Justin's parents were bringing that in a few weeks. All that adds up to very few things to open on his birthday. But, he did not care! I was so glad, I thought that he would mope a bit. Not my boy!!



I made him the cake of his request and he got to eat it at lunch time since we were going out for dinner. He chose chocolate with chocolate icing. Do you see a theme here?

Birthday parties are pretty non-existent here, especially for boys. For the girls we have invited their friends and their moms over for tea. But the thought of a bunch of boys running around my flat did not appeal to me or Noah so we did our own family thing!

The girls had school, but he didn't. His teacher had stopped coming since it was so close to the end of the school year and they had completed the material (normal here). So after we dropped the girls off we headed to a local shopping center. He got to shop at his favorite team store. He bought a jacket and a soccer ball with his birthday money.

This boy is a fanatic for his team. The locals here love how crazy he is for his team. And he can trash talk in two languages (a good thing?). We had his new room painted in the team colors, got team curtains, and as soon as it cools down we'll get his team bedspread.

After a bit of shopping he and I went to see Night at the Museum 2. It was a special treat to go to a movie- very expensive here, and choose candy and popcorn!


Justin picked the girls up from school and they met us down at the water. We took a ferry across to the other side, and then a minibus out to a really fancy mall. It has a Rainforest Cafe and we knew the kids would love it. Our waiter was super nice. He brought Noah a special limeade when he heard that it was his birthday.



My boys



My Girls



Justin and me



These monkeys loved this restaurant. It was basically empty, so they got to be a little wild without disturbing anyone (except Justin and me). There were huge aquariums everywhere, trees and vines, and life size anamatronic elephants, gorillas, alligators, and maybe others that I am forgetting. They moved and made noise, and every now and again there was a storm complete with thunder and lightening. I can see how some kids would be scared, but thank goodness ours were not.



This is Noah's volcano cake. Again, chocolate. They brought it out and sang to him. He loved being the center of attention (and being the "boss" for the day!).



A little high on sugar and excitement. This child smiled like this all night. I thought that his eyes were going to pop out of his head!



Posing with the elephants.



Not happy about posing with the elephants!



We matched! She loved the aquariums and found all of the characters from Finding Nemo.


Noah had a fun birthday. It was nice to have some time just he and I and then go on an adventure as a family. The restaurant was so much fun. The food was great, and since it was empty I was not stressed trying to keep them calm and quiet. All in all a great day!