Our oldest turned 14 today! Absolutely incredible!
He has been such a flexible, strong, driven, dependable, and amazing child to raise.
For his birthday, he asked for a family day, with no school, and that we play games together. Perfect!
Last night, Indy and I decorated the living room and his bedroom door with streamers and balloons. He loves the decorations and fun.
He saw just one present on the table...but he knew there must be more, because we had talked about several things for his birthday.
Indy had convinced me to put the boxes inside of each other. There were actually three nestled in there.
First up, he found his gift from his brother and sister, a Captain America comic book.
This guy loves super heroes.
He liked the inside of the cover.
There was also a Captain America jersey that I had picked up a month or so ago when they were clearancing winter clothes at JCPenney.
He loves lollipops, so he got a 3 pack of Mickey Mouse lollipops.
Then, the boxes turned to his other love, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."
We had a custom t-shirt made for him...It says "Nautilus - Crew Member."
We also pre-ordered him a board game that he's been wanting, "Nemo's War, 2nd Edition" and picked up an old "20,000 Leagues" Disney pin from Ebay to add to his lanyard and collection of pins.
For breakfast, he requested coconut and chocolate chip pancakes. Happy to oblige!
For lunch, we made a German dish that we saw on Facebook, it is lots and lots of bacon with potatoes, cheese, some onions, and rotisserie chicken put all together and baked for about 2 hours in the oven. Amazing! Delicious! We all loved it!
Look at this goodness...should have taken a picture when I served it, but we were all so hungry and ready for it, we just kind of inhaled and it was gone!
Then, Sissi helped me make his brownie bomb for dessert. Here she is whipping up the heavy cream.
The boys played a board game in the morning, Leviathans. Gwangi brought out his Legos to play with when it wasn't his turn. He keeps them on an old moving box so he can slide them along the floor between his bedroom and the living room.
Sissi then helped me finish up the dessert by licking the bowl.
We had dessert after lunch.
Yummy brownies on the bottom, then mint chocolate chip ice cream topped with hot fudge, then homemade chocolate whipped cream and the final layer is coconut, walnuts, and chocolate chips.
During the afternoon, we played Hero Clix and took phone calls from family and friends.
Because I've been recovering from my foot surgery, and I'm not supposed to be weight bearing (yeah, kind of broke that rule today) we went out for dinner so I wouldn't have to cook anymore. Krypto asked for Texas Roadhouse. Our first time eating there in over three years. I think we forgot how much food they serve there, but it was certainly tasty!
While at dinner, Sissi gave me the latest Dr. Who download. She's gotten very interested in the series since Christmas time, after being introduced to it by her cousin. She tried to recreate Clara tonight and even used her old, non-working, watch, to make her own Dr. Who watch.
It was a lovely day, and while I've been downloading these pictures, and writing this blog post, we've been finishing up the day by watching "The Avengers," one of Krypto's favorite movies. We are so proud of our boy and all that God has made him to be. So glad He chose us to be his parents!
