Ben is 10!

Happy Sunday everyone! How is everyone's weekend going? Mine has been busy, as yesterday was Benjamin's 10th birthday!! How can it be that my baby is 10 years old?? Seems like just yesterday I had him. Crazy how time flies! 

We celebrated Benjamin all day. He got to pick out his lunch and of course he requested McDonald's and he wanted to eat there. So that is what we did. 😄

In the afternoon, he got to talk to his grandparents in Florida and thank them for a gift card they sent him in the mail. 

Then it was time to head to my parents' house for his birthday dinner pizza party. I decided to have it there as they have much more room than we do, and it is dog friendly for my sister to bring her dog. (I don't think her dog would do very well in our small home and with our cats!). I took over cut up cantaloupe and a huge salad to go along with pizza that I was going to order from a local pizza place. I also took along his cake that I had made him. 

He had a really fun time playing outside with his cousins. They played some basketball and practiced some baseball before dinner. He even played a couple rounds of "Guess Who" with my sister.  

After dinner, it was time for cake and presents. Ben loved his cake. I tried to incorporate his favorite things... WWE wrestling, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Battlebots and Legos. 

He received some nice things...including a couple of Hexbug Battlebots which he has been playing with all day today. He also received a couple wrestlers that he didn't have, a couple dress polo shirts for church, a Tom Brady t-shirt and a Tom Brady book. He was one happy kiddo! 

I still can't believe he is 10. I wrote this on Facebook as a tribute: 

Happy birthday to the craziest, loudest, Star Wars loving, WWE loving, Battlebots loving, Tom Brady loving, bracket loving, basketball playing, McDonald's loving, super opinionated kiddo out there! Ben, you've completed our family as the best son and brother we could have asked God for. 10 years ago, I had no idea the wild ride that I was taking on as being your mom, but I thank God every day that he chose to bless us with you! We love you! 

Happy Birthday Benjamin!