Benjamin Turns the big 7

Birthday dinner was substituted with a lunch at the train park by Daddy's office.

I can't believe Benjamin is seven. We were sitting tonight looking at all the old posts on the blog and watching how fast everybody is growing up, Ben is changing so much right now. He has lost a ton of teeth in the last few weeks and has more wiggly ones. He continues to be the easiest little man to parent. He takes care of his brothers and obeys his mom and dad. He is an organizer and likes things to be in their places. At school he excels and is a great buddy to his friends. He loves to play the Wii and Cool Math Games on the computer. He loves to draw and build things out of boxes. I marvel as how mature he is becoming. He also loves anything to do with sports and would be content to sit with Brian on the couch staying up late watching basketball. He is a March Madness freak and is learning the hard lesson of how not to pick all the local teams so you make it a little further in the bracket. We are very proud of him and love him so much. Ben, it is a pleasure to be your mom.
He got to pick a sugar cereal for breakfast and everyone enjoyed picking the marshmallows out of their lucky charms.
Birthday happy meals with cousins at the "grassy area". Ben's birthday fell on the first day of spring break, so it meant no school for the event. Lucky boy!

Ben's teacher giving him a birthday squeeze.

Ben requested shark cake pops to take into his classroom. They were a big hit with his buddies.
He shared a train cake with Sean from Grandma Jones.


Instead of a big party, Ben chose to have some of his buddies over for a movie night. All the kids got tickets and could "buy" popcorn, treats and root beer floats.
Ben told us this was the best party ever. I think they all felt big because they got to stay up late and play soccer in the backyard in the dark. He has the best little friends and if was a very relaxing night for me too!
Happy, Happy Birthday Baby Ben!