yesterday was thing 2's birthday. 7 years old.
he was so excited. he's been counting down for a long time now. it used to be months then last month he began the daily countdown. last weeks daily sign- ins from school reflected that, starting 10 days out-"there are 10 days till my birthday." "there are 9 days till my birthday." you get the idea.
we celebrated as a family with a yummy ice cream cake and the dad drove in with a new bike strapped to the roof sending thing 2 whooping and hollering around the yard. just
what he wanted.
he is my little sweetheart who loves and adores his baby brother. he will come in from playing just to see him and spend 5 minutes with him. he'll take the baby from me and when he gets fussy he'll rock him to sleep for me.
he's a boy with a special enthusiasm for life. he wants to try everything and has no fear as he does just that.
he's my sneaky little boy who hides his vegetables in the bathroom garbage or flushes them down the toilet!! and who, when he was just 2 years old, was caught telling his brother "just don't tell mom" after thing 1 had told him they weren't allowed to do something.
he can be as stubborn as all get out when he wants to. when he's feeling stubborn i don't even know how to deal with him. he digs his heals in and won't budge.
he's a pretty cool kid!
did you notice thing one in the first picture with puckered lips like he's trying to blow out the candles?
6 comments:
Happy Birthday Thing 2!
I loved the part about all his sneaky little boy ways. Can't wait to hear about all his sneaky teenage boy woes one day soon!
Happy b-day Thing 2!!! Love the pics. I can't believe how much they're growing...they'll be teens before we know it! And it looks like Thing 4 is a little rolie polie just like Baby O!
hi from CA! Happy Birthday to thing 2...he is such a big boy and still seems as sweet as ever. Give them all a hug from us. Thing 4 looks as big as thing 3 was when he was a baby! Give our love to dad too!
Thing 2 - he'll definitely be a teen before his time. A very cool one. Give him Happy Birthday hugs for us!
Happy Birthday to Thing 2! I think my boy might kind of be the same as yours! Must be a 7 year old thing!
He is so cute! Sounds like a fun family party and I bet he loved the bike.
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