Guess Who Also Had a Birthday...???

That's right, Colton!!!  This kid is now a teenager!!!!

(It was also concert week for me, so we were quite lucky that I didn't have a long rehearsal on his actual birthday!)  We got to have his dinner and dessert of choice (Korean beef quesadillas and mint brownies, respectively) and the kids sat around watching Interstellar, which made them all very happy!  And I got to re-use the dinosaur candles we bought for Kendra AND the trick candles Ryder and Camille had wanted, so I was pretty happy, too!  Poor Colton couldn't get those stupid candles to go out at all.  We know how to have fun around here!

The next day, after my concert, we got dinner with Grandma and Grandpa at Citizen Burger Bar and ice cream at Chaps, where I got this video that I just love:

Siblings are the best.  How fun are these kids?

And then Colton opened more presents!

Unfortunately, he once again had a present that was super late showing up.  In fact, he just got it today (on the 5th of April, when his birthday was the 13th of March!!!), and when he opened it up--- Amazon had sent the wrong thing!!!  He wanted a bunch of filament for his 3D printer (the other thing that showed up nearly a month late), and instead got some device for shredding chicken?  I dunno.  It was a disappointment, poor kid.  All the other presents were great, though!

So now I have-- count 'em-- FOUR TEENAGERS.  All at once!!!  What in the world were Craig and I thinking????  I don't actually have any complaints though; my kids are all pretty awesome and not terribly dramatic.  It could be way worse.

And I have to point out two random things: both Kendra and Colton are celebrating their "golden birthdays" this year-- what are the odds of that happening at the same time?  AND, unlike the last time that Colton's birthday fell on Friday the 13th, this time we didn't have a global pandemic!  So you're welcome!

Happy, happy birthday to my Colton!!!  

We're so lucky to have you as part of our family!!!