Happy Birthday Z!

Last Sunday was Z's birthday. He turned 12!


Here is Z's list of favorites!


Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Song: I don't know! I just sing them. (He likes Country Music)
Favorite Movie: Eragon
Favorite Book: Harry Potter Series
Favorite Possession: Harry Potter Scene It Game
Favorite Person:No one
Favorite School Subject: History
Favorite Animal: Cupoochen(?) Monkey
Favorite Sport: Baseball, Swimming
Favorite PS2 Games: Socom 3 U.S. Navy Seals
Favorite Food: Hawaiian Haystacks, Chicken and Rice, Cantaloupe, Brownies w/chocolate chips
When I grow up I want to: Build Custom Cars in my own Garage
Someday I want to meet: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
If I could go anywhere in the world I would go to: NASA Space Station
In my spare time I like to: Play PS2, Lego's and read Harry Potter

(Isn't he cute when he smiles!)

Yes, there are only 6 candles!...Sometimes Mom's forget to buy important things (like enough birthday candles). We just practiced multiplying by 2 .

Z's birthday is always during fair week and K always has to work the fair so this year we decided to take all the kids and go to the rodeo on Saturday night for Z's birthday. It was pretty fun. I think the clown was Z's favorite part. I actually saw him smiling during some of the jokes. (Smiling is becoming a rare event lately) The carnival rides where going on behind us and the whole time Z was wishing he was going on the rides instead so after the rodeo, I sent the four younger kids home with my little sister C (Thanks C!!!) and K and I went to the Carnival with Z and J. (Holy Cow carnival tickets and fair food is EXPENSIVE!!!) I got them tickets for 3 rides. We walked around forever trying to decide what to ride. J picked one that goes in circles and Z wouldn't go on it and K was recovering from a head injury so....I got to ride with him. The second it started to move, J turned green and it just got better from there. It was an eternity of laughs for me. He had to close his eyes the whole time. It was GREAT!! After that anything that went in circles was out. That left the creepy fun houses, the petting zoo, the giant slide, the bumper cars or the pirate ship. I talked him into going on the Pirate Ship because that is my favorite and since Justyn was still sick and K was injured, I had to go with him. As luck would have it....we got the very back seat!! It started to move and Z became instantly sick. Every time we got to the top Z would scream "I'm going to puke!!" and all the people down from us prayed. I covered his mouth and told him NOT to open his eyes! As funny as it was, this ride was not as fun because I really thought he might throw up and, seriously, where would it go? I couldn't imagine him throwing up on all those people!! After what seemed like another eternity, we were all relieved to be off that ride. Now we had one ride left. What was left...the bumper cars looked like whip-lash in a traffic jam, the petting zoo was free and since I grew up on a farm, not that exciting, there's something uncomfortable about sending my kids into a creepy fun house, so that left...the giant slide. Yes, we spent 6 tickets ($9.00, now I feel sick!) to slide down a slide ONCE! It was the boys favorite ride and they begged me for more tickets. No Way! We decided to blow the rest of our time and money on a dozen mini donuts and sodas. We couldn't go home without a giant bag of cotton candy for the girls and as we were walking out of the fair (after closing time) the elephant ears booth gave us a stack of FREE scones! YES!


So, here's my Master Card commercial:

Dinner, rodeo, carnival rides and dessert=$100.00
Spending quality time laughing with my boys=Priceless

I think that day was up there with the best of the best. He actually broke down and smiled alot and even let me put my arm around him. It was great! He continued to smile all day Sunday. on Sunday we had Grandma and Grandma, D and C come for a BBQ and cake and ice cream and presents. It was a very fun weekend!

Happy Birthday, Z!! We love you!