It was a really cool day, and I think he had lots of fun.
We let him open his presents this morning before his dad left for work [which means 5:30am - why my children wake this early I still can't say ... LOL!]. He was SOOO excited. He got some bright green crocs [the boy LOVES green!], a Bionicle, and a "Lego Indiana Jones" game for the Nintendo DS his grandparents are giving him for his birthday. Here is a pic of him with his "loot":
He got to pick his breakfast, lunch, and dinner today. For dinner he wanted Mexican [which makes the whole family happy LOL!]. Here is a pic of him with his cheese dip [getting a hug from sweet Monkey4]:
Normally I let the kids pick their cake - either home made or I take them to Publix and let them pick a cake there. Today, however, all 4 of Monkey2's sisters were extremely sick [they caught their dad's cold from the weekend]. Thank goodness Monkey2 wasn't sick on his bday, but with the girls all being sick and miserable, I wasn't up to baking and I couldn't take them all to Publix either - don't want to contaminate the whole world! So, when my husband got home from work, he took The Boy out to pick his cake and this is the one he chose:
All in all, I think he had a GREAT day!
Something else cool happened today too, that sort of made his day - we had several chicks hatch! He thought it was really exciting that they hatched for his birthday. :)
In this pic you can see the two Rhode Island Red chicks that hatched last week [the fat yellowish ones], and the one Ameraucana and two Cuckoo Maran chicks that hatched today [the dark ones]. Another one hatched later in the evening, but these are the three that were out this morning:
Here is Monkey2 holding his favorite - an Ameraucana who he named "Nugget Jr". LOL!
Here is Monkey1 holding one of the new chicks [she was very sick today, but not too sick to be excited about new chicks!]:
And here is Monkey5 petting one of the week old Rhode Island Reds [she has learned to be very gentle and soft with them, which is just great!]:
I spent the whole day just in awe of how big my son is getting - both inside and out. He is maturing into the best little man I could hope for.
He is extremely intelligent and highly focused - something I don't think is necessarily common in 7 year old boys. He can sit for hours building intricate things with legos, or figuring out how things work. He can fix almost anything. He has a pure engineering mind - he can really see and understand things and how they work in a way that is just alien to my poor brain [I still maintain that computers really work by "magic" LOL!].
He adores and protects his younger sisters, and Monkey3 in particular. We call these two the "Wonder Twins". They are only 20 months apart, and they really do act like twins - they are inseparable, even when trying to kill each other. LOL! They spent almost the whole day today building bionicles together and playing intricate games and scenarios with them.
My son has grown up to be a Good Boy. He is obedient, kind, and well mannered. In recent months he has become a hard worker and eager to help me in any way he can. I am proud of the young man he has become. He was such a temperamental baby and toddler that sometimes I worried - but he has become one of the best kids ever. I'm really proud of him.
When I think of how close we came to never having him, it brings tears to my eyes. We lost two babies between Monkey1 and Monkey2 - he was our "last try" and we weren't sure we'd ever have another baby survive. He was conceived on a Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the Assumption in the Jubilee year 2000, and he was born on the Vigil of the Assumption 2001. [Does that give you chills? It sure gives me chills!] He was our special gift from God and the Blessed Mother, and I feel that she watches over him in particular.
He was also born on the Feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Saint that he has a lot in common with in my opinion.
Happy Birthday Monkey2!!! You are a joy to us and we are proud to send you out to the World as a Light for Christ. You ROCK baby boy!!!!!
2 comments:
Happy Birthday sweet, handsome Monkey 2!
That sounds like a great birthday. I'm so sorry the other kids are sick and hope everyone is better soon.
My sister said that my Matty (just turned 11 on Friday 15th) is just like all the other geeks she met at engineering school. He spent HOURS putting together and taking apart BIONICLES! We have a storage tub FULL of them. He's on to regular legos now but he really got good at the bionicles.
Happy birthday to monkey 2 and good news about your pregnancy! I'm going to say that it's a miracle already!
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