Chase's 9th Birthday

Chase wanted to have pancakes for breakfast.  Every time I use the "you are special today" plate I think of Mom.  She truly would make us feel so special.  I asked Chase if he wanted me to come and eat lunch with him at school or go out to eat.  Luckily he chose to go out to eat.  Out of all the places to go, he chose Sonic.  Matt was post-call so he was able to come too.  I checked the boys out of school a little before lunch and met Matt at Sonic.  Chase just loves the cheese sandwich, tater tots, and slushes at Sonic.  What more could you want?  Unfortunately I made Chase go back to school after lunch but he was ok with that because his class sang him "happy birthday" and he passed out his treat which was air heads.  

Chase wanted to go to his x-league soccer practice.  So I made his favorite cookies (M&M cake mix cookies) and at the end of practice his team sang him "happy birthday" and then they gobbled up the cookies.  After practice, Chase really wanted to eat at Olive Garden so Shantelle, Aliyah, and Robby came with us.  We love having them be a part of our family.  They make things more exciting.

The other thing Chase desperately wanted to do was go bowling for his birthday.  So we fit in a quick game of bowling after dinner.  We have so much fun together when we go bowling.  

When we got home from bowling, Chase's primary teacher Brother Gheen stopped by to wish him a happy birthday.  He made a number 9 out of marshmallow rice krispys.  It was so thoughtful of him to think of Chase and make Chase feel so special!

Chase doesn't like cake so he requested M&M cake cookies for his birthday treat.  We put a candle in a cookie and sang him happy birthday.  He got lots of fun presents for his birthday.  He got the Mario and Sonic London Olympic games, a soccer bag, a mini futsol game, and the game Life.  Bridger picked out a couple of Star Wars Lego sets to give Chase.  Bridger wanted to have Chase open his presents on Saturday with his family party.  But then we explained that he wouldn't have any presents for his birthday.  So he wanted Chase to open them first thing in the morning on his birthday.  Matt had a crazy call night and the morning was just too busy so Chase patiently waited until nighttime to open his presents.  He seemed to smile all day long.  I think he had a great birthday!