Tyler's Birthday

On Wednesday, Feb. 11th Tyler turned 8 years old!!! What a great age! He chose to go to Color Me Mine for his birthday. We knew we wouldn't be able to go on his actual birthday because of other things so we went on Tuesday. We went into Anchorage a little early and ran some errands and hung out until we picked Kenny up from work. We got Subway for dinner then headed over there. Our kids really love this place. It's so fun to watch them create their own dishes and they are SO happy to use their stuff at every meal they can. Last time we went around Thanskgiving, we told them they could do either a cup(mug) or a plate. We had half and half. Ty and Kelsey have plates, the other 2 have mugs. So this time they were going to switch so they would each have their own plate for dinner, and their own mug. BUT they were out of mugs, so Ty and Kels chose an ice cream bowl instead. Kind of a bummer, but they still had lots of fun. 

Yes of course she's wearing her Elsa dress!

On his actual birthday, the 11th: We had to go get him a helium balloon too :). The meals he chose for the day were crepes for breakfast with strawberry sauce,  hot dogs for lunch (with cottage cheese on potato chips) and baked manicotti for dinner, his very favorite meal. Yes, again with the pasta :). He ended up not going to his math class he had that day because his teacher got sick and cancelled last minute. But we had a cake, and 24 cupcakes to make also. Tyler decorated the cupcakes (I didn't even get a picture darn it!) and made them "mustache men". I bought some cute candy mustaches and eyes at the grocery store. He brought them with him to scouts that night and they all sang Happy Birthday to him. He is SOO excited to be a part of Cub Scouts. It's coming at a very good time in his life. Again, we waited for Kenny to come home for presents and cake.

"Make a wish!" When we got in the car later that night he said, "Wanna know what I wished for?" "what's that?" "That I would make a lot of new friends at Scouts." He had no trouble with that, by the way. :)

Please don't judge too harshly on the cake. We were going for a soccer ball. I don't have the time and I'm out of practice, so that's what he got. But he said, it was "pretty good". ;)

Wearing his brand new scout shirt and so excited for his first night. He slicked his hair in record time too!

I know I've said this many times, but I'm so grateful that Tyler is my first born. He sets such a good example for his siblings, and is so responsible and mature for his age. I love having so much time with him and I'm grateful for his good spirit in our home. He can be such a tease, but his sisters and little brother all adore him and we love him so, so much. Happy Birthday big guy.