A Birthday!

Birthday celebrations for Logan took place a day early because that's when James had the day off and we could spend the whole day together as a family.  

Logan planned the day and made a list of the things he wanted to do.  Number one on the list was to open presents.  He got a G.I.Joe toy.  He likes watching the old G.I.Joe cartoon shows.  Luckily they made a movie recently, so they are making the toys again.  
  

Taylor drew him some Ninjago ninjas.  She spent a lot of time on them.  It started with making a sign to tape to the bedroom door saying, "Logan, don't cum in! Love, Taylor"  Then it took about 2 days of drawing, cutting and pasting and cleaning up after herself, but she was adamant about what she wanted to do for him.  Taylor was so excited for Logan's birthday and about giving him her gift.

Next on Logan's list was to get donuts for breakfast.  We were all excited for that!  What a treat!  Logan mentioned that we were celebrating his birthday to the lady at the counter and she gave him a free donut.  

Next on The List, go to Chuck E. Cheese.  Since we'd just eaten donuts, nobody was hungry, so we decided to go see a movie as a family, to work up an appetite.  We saw Despicable Me 2, which everyone enjoyed.  

Then, to Chuck E. Cheese's.  This is the one thing (other than presents) that Logan really had his heart set on.  We've never been to a Chuck E. Cheese's before, so the anticipation was great.  

We got tokens and pizza.  The kids each managed half a slice before they started asking to go play games.  Turns out neither one of them was hungry... of course.  

Logan's favorite games were the airplane and car ones.  He wasn't too concern about earning tickets.  

Taylor was more into playing the games to earn tickets, but she also went on a couple of "rides."  

Logan with a mechanical Chuck E. Cheese.  The "real" one came by when Logan was playing one of his airplane games, so he couldn't spare a second glance for ol' Chuck.  

Logan also wanted to go to a museum in Coupville, but that was a quite a ways in the other direction, so that was postponed until another day. 

Lastly, Logan wanted to play at Windjammer Park, a park we play at almost daily.  We went though and he loved it as much as he always does.  He loves being outside and running and jumping and being in his own little world with his own sound effects.  

He and Taylor get along and play well together most of the time.  He's a wonderful big brother and loves his family more than anything in the whole world.  He's grown and matured a lot in the past year and is a big help around the house.  He has his chores that he's happy to do and a few others that he does less happily.  

He's a good boy though and we're so proud of him and love him so much.  I can't imagine our family without him.  My 9-year-old boy!