Happy Birthday, Nick!

Today's not the official day, it was yesterday, but here are all the highlights:

Nick woke up saying, "Hey Mom, guess what? I'm nine!" and repeated it for most of the day. Still can't believe it no matter how many times he says it.

So after yelling at him and Alex yet again for being unkind to each other, the rest of the day went pretty well. The party was at 4:00, and the guests were:

Aunt Doni and Caitlin

Aunt Janice

Aunt Doranne

Uncle Dan

Grandma

Mr. and Mrs. B, Alex, Emma, Jonathan, Lily

Mom, Dad, Alex, Joe



The menu was:

BBQ chicken

Mac n' cheese

fruit salad

green goop

pretzel jello

coleslaw

The presents were:

Catcher's mitt from Mom and Dad

2 "Michigan Chillers" books from Alex

A Red Wings t-shirt from Grandma, along with a check

A bag of t-shirts and some shorts from Aunt Doranne

A trip to Build-A-Bear Workshop from Aunt Doni

Cash from Aunt Jannie and Uncle Dan

Here's how cute his cake turned out:

All in all, it's good to be nine.