Blase's 10th Birthday

Blase's actual birthday was full. We didn't do too much that morning or afternoon. In the evening the boys had their first swimming lessons in a LONG time.

Here they are all ready to go. As it turned out they were not even ready for the first level of lessons. We switched their lessons from public to semi-private. They all have lessons at the same timefrom the same teacher. We are hoping that will help with their hesitation some.

During swimming lessons I took Brech and Gianna shopping for Blase's presents. Then we met up for supper at one of Blase's favorite restaurants. It was a good night for him. We ended up getting home very, very late so the poor kid didn't even get his presents wrapped. I literally asked his brothers which present they wanted to give him and then we handed them to him. He didn't even get them inside of a Wal-Mart bag.

I don't think he seems to mind a bit huh??

He was spoiled, as usual. He even got some money in the mail from both sets of grandparents and from Uncle Dirk and Aunt Twyla. He ended upspending part of his money on a big checkers set from Cabelas. Blase is trying to convince us that he can spend the rest of it. He has no idea what he needs to buy.

Here is the birthday boy with all of his loot. The fan is mounted on his bed for these hot summer months. The clock alarm has woke us all up at some point. The minnow net doubles as a butterfly net. The candy is gone, shared with brothers (and mom). What a great birthday - with NO CAKE. The following Sunday we had yet another party with some of our friends. We decided to have the birthday cake then.

We had ice cream cone cupcakes (not pictured) with ice cream on top. It was very good. The cupcakes were for the little kids so I used them as the "birthday cake". He was extremely spoiled by the Rivards and received a Nurf gun. There was quite a bit of talk by brothers about inviting the Rivards to THEIR birthdays next time. :-)