Joseph is 11!

Joseph's 11th birthday fell on a Friday. He started the day with a hearty breakfast in bed: bacon, strawberries, homemade pancakes with maple syrup, and powdered donuts.

He opened all of his gifts before school because we knew we would be gone to his birthday party from after school through late evening. 

 At lunchtime I picked Joseph up and took him to Burgerville for a lunch of chicken strips, fries, and a chocolate shake. Then we ran into Winco to pick out cupcakes that he could give to his class.

As soon as Joseph got home from school we loaded up in the car and picked up all his buddies. We took two cars - I drove all the boys and Dan drove Aubrey and her friend Emma. We traveled for over an hour to Bullwinkle's Family Fun Center, where we played and partied to our hearts content. 

On the way, to maximize our playtime at Bullwinkle's Joseph opened the gifts from his friends. We also picked up Little Ceasers and everyone ate pizza and drank juice boxes on the way. Multitasking for the win!

 We rocked out to all the boy's favorite tunes all the way to Wilsonville.

Once we got there, we got our unlimited ride bracelets and started doing laser tag, bumper cars, zipline, arcade games, miniature golf, and more.

 What a great group of boys! We are grateful that Joseph has such good friends, but we are especially grateful for our sweet, kind, smart, tenacious, and good-natured boy. We are so glad he is part of our family!