This kid is a teenager! Finally! He woke up this morning with a hallway happy to see him (happy face balloons all over the wall), streamers around the house, and a hot cinnamon raisin bagel with a fancy cup of chocolate milk waiting for him. Zack was not thrilled about going to school today - so to soften the blow I drove him in. When you start school at 9:30am you get to sleep in every day!
The plan was to take Zack out for lunch to celebrate, and we got a fun surprise of having Christopher working from home today, so he joined us! Zack didn't want to go back to school - so he ate VERY slowly, ordered a second helping of fries (of which he only at 2 of) and almost made lunch stretch out to a whole hour. I was pretty impressed! He made it back to school just in time to completely miss science - which was his plan. Smart kid.
After school we videoed Grandma and Papa to open their gifts to Zack. This year he had riddles to solve, and they were all motorcyle themed! Then it was time to open his presents! He was ready to open presents as soon as he woke up this morning!
The face of the kid who realizes he got what he really wanted (and really thought he wouldn't!). This brought this sweet boy to tears. I was really against getting him a gaming monitor, but Christopher really fought for it - and he was right.
These boys got right to work setting up a new gaming space for Zack in the music room next to Christopher's work area. Nick and Xander were also very committed to this process!
Poor Andrew has been sick all week, but was such a trooper and came upstairs to sing to Zack. We took a little family picture - missing Ben and Kal.
We brought the cake to Andrew. He wasn't feeling up to going into the kitchen. Of course we had to have a texas sheet cake, with sprinkles, and 13 candles. There was so much smoke!
And yes, he got his piece from right smack in the middle of the cake!
And don't worry - we even were able to get a picture with Ben and Kallie when Kallie called to wish Zack a happy birthday! Zack loved showing Ben and Kal a tour of his new gaming area. I love having 4 teenagers/adults now! Next up, teenager hangout at our house tomorrow night!
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