Seven Years Ago

Seven years ago today, Eric and I welcomed our first child into this world.  It's hard to believe it's been that long already.  People aren't kidding when they say that the years fly by and soon enough the kids will be grown and leaving to be out on their own.

I'm borrowing my friend Abby's idea and had Chris answer a bunch of questions about things he likes right now and things like that.  It's a really cute idea and it will be neat to look back later on and see how he was at this age.

Here are his answers:

Favorite color:  purple
Favorite restaurant:  CiCi's Pizza
Favorite book:  the Biscuit books, Llama Llama books, Little Critter books
Favorite movie:  The Avengers, Spiderman, and Alvin & The Chipmunks
Favorite holiday:  Halloween
Favorite tv show:  Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Favorite Wii game:  Mario Kart
Favorite DS game:  Super Mario Bros, Sonic Racing
Favorite toy:  Cyclops and Wolverine action figures
Favorite animal:  lion
Favorite food:  macaroni and cheese
Favorite drink:  chocolate milk
Favorite thing to do at home:  watch a movie
Favorite thing to do at school:  have inside recess (where they play in the gym because it's rainy or something outside)
Best friend outside of school:  Logan, Caleb, Brooke, and Katelyn
Best friend in school:  Keller and Hannah

What do you want to be when you grow up?  Firefighter
How many kids you do want when you're grown?  7  (oh my....lol)
What do you want to be for Halloween this year?   Darth Vader
What scares you?  Monsters (awww)
What makes you happy?  Cat in the Hat  (haha, that's pretty random)

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We had his birthday party on Saturday.

On Sunday we took the boys skating.  After we left the skating rink, we went by Toys R Us so Chris could get his birthday crown and balloon.  He thought that was pretty cool.  I don't know if this is what they usually do or not, but the lady at the customer service desk announced over the intercom that they had a special guest in the store, said that it was Chris' birthday, and if anyone saw him walking through the store he'd have on a balloon and a crown and to be sure to wish him a happy birthday.  That was really awesome.  As Chris was walking through the store to pick out what he wanted to use his gift card on, several people stopped to wish him a happy birthday.

Last night I blew up a bunch of balloons and put them in Chris' bed so he would wake up to a little surprise this morning.  He thought that was pretty cool.  

Today I went and had lunch with Chris at school.  When a child's parents come to eat lunch, they get their own table instead of sitting with everyone else.  Chris got to pick two friends to sit with us.  He chose his friends Zane and Arianna.  They seemed to feel pretty special about being the "chosen ones" ;).  I brought cupcakes for the kids to have after they finished eating so they were all pretty excited about that.  

I have one very happy little birthday boy right now and I wouldn't have it any other way.

at Toys R Us on Sunday
with his birthday balloon, crown, and toy he picked out

some of the balloons I put in his bed last night
he is all curled up in the corner lol

at lunch today

with his buddies, Arianna and Zane