Brishen's Big Day

Yesterday was Brishen's 11th birthday. Here's what he did.

1. Ate Coco Puffs for breakfast--this year we started a new tradition where the kids get to choose any box of cereal in the store for their birthday breakfast. I just don't buy them those kinds of cereal any other time of the year, so it gives them a chance to chose one of those boxes that we usually walk past.

2. Opened his gifts from Grandma, with help from Charlie

3. 6-mile bike ride along the Rio Grande River

4. Built both Lego sets from Grandma in an hour or so

5.Watched Star Wars with Dad while his sister napped

6. Pizza for supper, and I didn't even make him eat the squash that I steamed to go with it

7. Tae Kwon Do practice at church

8. Grandmother, Granddad, Aunt Saralyn, Uncle Kenn, Aunt Diana, and Camden joined us for Snickers cheesecake and double fudge brownie ice cream

9. Opened the rest of his gifts and cards
His gifts: IPod portable boom box, Killer Bunnies game expansion set, Target gift cards, itunes gift card, Magic Eye book, Pentago game, two Calvin and Hobbes books, an Asterix compilation book, two Ranger's Apprentice books, Escape of the Mini Mummy book, Fablehaven Book 2, Word Puzzles book, two Lego Power Miners sets, and a pogo stick that we left in Aunt Saralyn's garage and forgot to give him (I'm blogging this before we've given it to him)

10. Sleepover at Grandmother's house

And a few weeks ago, he chose a day at Wet and Wild instead of having a party with friends this year, so we did that for his birthday, too.