Bradley's big day!

Brad's birthday started out just like any birthday with the birthday sign and all the fun excitement from all the brothers and sisters. We had waffles for breakfast as per his request. And then they all left for school before he even opened his present. I had actually plan on letting him open it but he didn't remind me so it just sat on the mantle all day.  I hate that I didn't get to be with him all day on his birthday but I know he had a good day. Once he got home he was able to open a few presents we gave him a soccer ball and some racquetballs. He had wanted to go and buy his bike with his birthday money that he had received so we all went to Walmart and picked out his bike with him.  It seemed slightly uneventful since there was no party but we all had a good time and sang to him and made it a good day. 

Bradley and I have been planning his birthday party for a very long time. It was a Halloween/glow-in-the-dark party. We planned a lot of fun games we ended up playing hunt for the ghost, mommy wrap, glow-in-the-dark ring toss, glow-in-the-dark bowling, he had a jar full of M&Ms that the kids could guess and then we ended up playing murder in the dark and a couple other impromptu games since we had planned too much time for his party. But I think the boys had a good time. There was a lot of candy involved. I made a giant candy cake which was a lot of fun to make. It was fun to have Bradley all excited about it and telling me how wonderful it was.  His friends too. It's always interesting to me to see how kids act at birthday parties. But we had a lot of fun and I was really grateful for the chance to throw that party for him because I knew he was going to have so much fun. I love Bradley and I'm so excited that he is growing up to be the person that he is. And that he wants to be a good person and tries to make good choices to be so. I'm just glad I get to be his mom.