FOURTEEN

For whatever reason, I really can't believe Nick is FOURTEEN. Where does the time go?

We have a tradition in our family that we wake the birthday kid up with a candle in a muffin and singing Happy Birthday. Because there is no element of surprise here anymore, the kids have now started telling us what time they'd like to be awakened. Nick surprised me and said 8:30 am...on a SATURDAY. He's become the typical teenager where he could sleep till noon if we let him but he decided he'd be too excited to sleep very long since it was his birthday and he didn't want to have to come tell us he was awake and ready for his muffin...hahaha. :) They also get their presents along with the muffin so I'm sure that's the bigger draw...not the muffin or our singing. :)

We took the kids down to Lowe's Xtreme Air Sports for part of the celebration and they had a blast! That place is amazing! You can go from tramp to tramp, up rock walls, flip into foam pits, etc. etc. etc.

They had a ton of fun and worked up their appetite for Toucano's that night.

Nick was a very good sport when they came to sing to him and even showed off his wicked dance skills with the tambourine as they sang!!!

We love this boy and are so grateful he's part of our family!!!!