Sunday, June 10, 2007

Ben's Birthday!

Today is Ben's 9th birthday. Happy Birthday Ben!

Since it is Sunday, we celebrated his birthday yesterday. It started off with breakfast in bed:



French toast, of course. Breakfast in bed is a funny tradition at our house, since the kids always wake up before the parents. So it involves sending the birthday kid back to bed while we make breakfast. But they love it, so we keep the tradition. All meals served on birthdays are done on the "red dishes."

Ben's birthday party was a skating party at Auburn Skate Connection. It was loud, noisy, and hot, but we didn't have to plan anything so it was great. Ben and his friends had a great time:


Tammy made Ben's cake. She went for a simple design that would appeal to a bunch of 9-year olds: Cake with candy on top.



It looks like Ben is having a great birthday weekend. We love having Ben in our family, there's nothing better in the whole world than a happy Ben.


8 comments:

Tara said...

Happy Birthday, Ben!
Love the breakfast in bed tradition!

Jackie said...

Happy Birthday Ben! Looks like a fun party. I love the ones where I don't have to do any work.

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday! We hope your birthday was great...it looked like so much fun! We wish we could have had a piece of that cake!

Anonymous said...

Ben, Happy Birthday! Even though your mom said you had already been up before getting breakfast in bed, you still looked like you had just woken up. You're such a great actor!

Grandma Gardner said...

looks like you had a fun birthday Ben
Happy 9th Birthday We love you

Stephanie said...

What a fun Birthday! What a way to celebrate turning 9. Happy Birthday Ben!

Justin, Natalie, Luke, and Claire said...

Happy late birthday Ben! I'm sorry I'm such a terrible aunt and am only wishing a happy birthday now! I'll have to make it up to you in Montana with lots of hugs and kisses. :) Glad you had a fun day!

Jenn said...

I can't believe how much Ben and Steven have grown. They are going to be in YMs before you know it. Happy Birthday to Ben and way to go Steven on the trombone!