Wow...it was weird to even type the title to this post...8. Eight? Where does the time go?
It blows me away.
His birthday January 6th, fell on a Sunday this year so we had a party for him on the Saturday before. Nana, Papa, Aunt Shelley, Uncle Mat, Ali and Hunter all came to town to celebrate with us. Ashton had his first basketball game earlier in the day (which he was NOT excited about going to, but once he got there loved it). Then we had his party at the JumpZone...they had loved it when we got to go on Christmas Eve, so that's where he wanted to have his party. We kept it small and let him invite 4 friends plus Hunter and Gunnar.
He invited his best friend from his class this year Sam, as well as neighbor friends Tyler & Bowen, and another friend from school Hayden.
We let them all jump for an hour and they had a blast! Then we took everyone back to our house and opened presents and had cake, cupcakes and icecream.
We started with presents...
We got him a small Hogwarts Castle set and a bb gun...
So excited about this!
I attempted to make an 8 cake and it turned out a little better than one I made a few years ago when Lars had been at his job for 8 years.
As well as some cupcakes to go with it...
Had I been feeling better I would have loved to do a whole Harry Potter theme for him, but it just wasn't going to happen this year :(
Oh well...he didn't care, blowing out candles is always fun no matter what the cake looks like!
Anyway it was a fun day!
Just so hard to believe my first baby is 8 already.
Eight quick things about Ashton at this age:
He is so handsome and is loving having long hair.
He is doing great in school and excels in every subject.
He must be kept busy or he gets in trouble at school!
He loves Harry Potter and is halfway through the 4th book!
He loves Legos and playing his DS.
He has started learning to play piano and is loving it!
He has also just started scouts and is so excited about that.
He is so strong willed and so stubborn, but we sure love him and are so grateful to have him in our family.
Happy 8th Birthday Ashton!
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