9 years

me: braden, did you decide what you wanted for your birthday cake?
you: ummmm, actually, i was thinking you should make it a surprise.
me: ok, if you're sure.
you: i am, as long as it is chocolate cake with chocolate icing.

so, surprise! it has sprinkles!

(by the way, mr. mom made your cake.)

1 extra hour of sleep

1 sugary breakfast in bed

1 spore creature ds game

1 ride to school from dad

29 sugary birthday treats for your school class

1 sugary snack

0 chores

4 hours of hang out with friends in the street

1 picnic dinner

15 tortellini

2 crescent rolls

1 book

6 mini finger boards

1 happy birthday song

12 cha cha chas

1 double chocolate cake (with surprise sprinkles)

1 scoop of cookies and cream ice cream

2 extra hours before bed

0 baths

to celebrate 9 years!

you are half way to 18. there is both joy and pain in that realization. you are my 28 year old in a 9 year olds body. so sophisticated. so smart. so sensitive. yet so silly. my life is better with you in it. we share the same birth order. we share the same initials. and it wasn't long ago in my mind that we shared the same body. slow down. and don't grow up too fast.

your birthday's over, that's an order.