The Big 0 - 7

My first born turned 7 yesterday. It's a little surreal to me because I'm don't feel old enough to have a 7 year old... a 2nd grader! Such a big boy. Unfortunately, it was a school day so his teacher spent more time with him than we did.

He managed to keep himself out of trouble all day ~ meaning, he didn't talk when he wasn't supposed to (we're still having issues with that!). We're working on a positive and negative reinforcement system to curb that which includes being grounded on the days that he gets more than 1 warning for talking when the teacher is. But how do you ground a kid on his birthday? Luckily, it wasn't an issue as he had a good day.

And the cookies I made for him were a hit ~ except for his best friend who is allergic to chocolate. And peanut butter. Poor kid ~ can you imagine NEVER getting to eat a Reese's peanut butter cup?!

After school a couple neighbors stopped by with gifts for him ~ we are so lucky to live in such a great neighborhood.

Next it was off to Chuck E Cheese. We didn't eat dinner there, just went long enough to play some games and have some fun.

This was a new one for us ~ a jump rope simulator. He was really good at it...

He also got to play basketball, his favorite sport...

And they rode a "roller coaster" together, too...

Finally, the tough part ~ picking a prize with the tickets he'd won...

Then home to open presents. Shawn and I got him a new bike as he'd outgrown his old one...

He got cool gifts from his grandparents, too ~ like this Lego set...

All in all, he had a good day and was on cloud 9 the whole time!

Gavin, on the other hand, was not very happy about having to wait until May before his special day comes. It's tough to be 5!