The Big Eight

This week Benjamin celebrated a very important birthday -- 8! Since the Take Your Family to School Week School Spirit Showcase was the night of his birthday, we split up the festivities a little. I figured that if we let him open a few presents before school, he would be assured that we remembered his special day!

When each child gets baptized, we give them a set of scriptures. He's not getting baptized for a few more weeks, but he was insistent that he didn't want to wait! So we broke our "tradition" (not sure you can call it that after doing it for only 1 child!) and gave him his scriptures for his birthday. He'll have to wait for a case, though :)

Yes, I used shiny gold paper to wrap the scriptures!

He was so excited for some new books

In the evening he got to open the rest of his presents. I love the look on his face when he discovered the Legos -- I think he could get Legos for every present for years and not lose excitement about them. He loves to build with them!

 

Benjamin is so excited to be a Cub Scout now!

Friday afternoon we held his birthday party. He wanted to go to Jump On It, just like he did last year. Lizzy and Ella came, along with the rest of our family, and everyone had a great time on the tramps and the bounce houses.

Benjamin

Joshua

 

plotting his next jump

 

A little blurry, but I love that I caught him mid-flip!

foam pit

Joshua, Benjamin, Lizzy, Ella

Elizabeth mid-jump

Then we went back to the house for presents and basketball cupcakes.

Happy birthday, Benjamin!