Holy crap, my first born is 9! How can this possibly be? What's more crazy is that he seems to finally be catching up to his age. What you say? Well, from the moment he came screaming into this world it was clear Jake was an old soul. He has always seemed beyond his years in the way he thinks, acts, and the aura he emits into this world. And watching him this past year we have really been able to see this in the way he approaches school, sports, being the oldest child, and helping out in our lives. He starts his day by getting up and fed so that he can get Miles up and fed. He recognizes when I'm overwhelmed and asks if there is anything he can do to help. He puts forth every effort in his soccer games and works hard at home (when weather permits) at his skills to ensure the next game will be even better. He has read the entire Harry Potter and Percy Jackson series and is now on the Hobbit and tackling The Lord of the rings series and asked if he could start the Hunger Games series as well. Beyond. His. Years. This kid never ceases to amaze me, what a lucky mom I must be.
His birthday fell on a Thursday so it was school all day, but that evening Chris returned from a long business trip and we had a great family night with lime chicken for dinner, ice cream pie for dessert, presents from family, and watching Turbo together. An awesome night all around.
Jake decided this year instead of a bunch of presents from us he wanted a party at Scallywag Tag - a laser tag and arcade place. He invited 10 friends and Bren got to have one friend as well. They had a blast playing laser tag, getting tickets in the arcade for prizes, eating pizza, and of course chowing down on cake - one kids said it was the best cake ever, go me. There was no doubt Jake made the right choice and had a great party.
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