Charles' 8th Birthday!!

Yesterday was Charles' 8th birthday! We tried to make it a very special day for him. Because we are doing his baptism in Idaho, we decided not to do a party this year. We wanted to take him to Disneyland for his free birthday ticket. Since Maryn and I were blacked out that day, we decided to have Glenn take him and get the Twofer ticket. That way, we'd be able to upgrade both tickets next month and get them annual passes. It worked out perfectly because Charles wanted to go to California Adventure for his birthday and they upgraded Charles' free ticket to the twofer ticket for free!

We started out the day by going out to breakfast at IHOP, Charles picked it. They even brought him an ice cream sundae and sang to him. I thought that was really cool because it was breakfast time on a Saturday and they really surprised us!

Then I dropped Glenn and Charles off at Disneyland and they had a wonderful time together. Charles got to do whatever he wanted. Glenn got him his own favorite bread bowl for lunch and then a chocolate sundae for dessert. While they were gone, Maryn and I cleaned up the house and did some grocery shopping, and made the cake. We had a great time together. It was sweet watching Maryn get so excited for her brother's birthday! She wanted to do everything for him.

Glenn called for us to pick them up before dinner. We came home and I made chicken nuggets and creamed corn for dinner at Charles' request. I served him on the special birthday plate. After dinner, we all watched his favorite movie, "Hoot" and had the cake. He said that this was his best birthday ever! He's thanked us about five times for making his birthday the best he's ever had! What a sweet boy he is and how grateful we are to have him in our lives.

Here's the pictures of Maryn helping with the cake: