Happy Birthday Noah!!

It only took 9.5 months but Noah FINALLY turned 10 on Tuesday night! Last Nov. we had a DECADE CELEBRATION for his 10th birthday and we planned 10 events but only got 9 of them accomplished...and Noah has been begging us to finish out his list so he could finally turn 10... a mere 2.5 months before he is due to turn 11. Eli on the other hand, was begging us to wait until he turned 11 so that he could finally be older than Noah...but we thought that might upset the delicate balance of power so we fit his Daddy/Dawma birthday dinner in at the last moment. We had a nice dinner at one of our favorite restaurants (where kids eat free on Mon/Tues. :) ) and we saw Uncle Billy there too.

We took this quiet time to talk about 5th grade and to set some personal goals for Noah this year. He helped us come up with 3 goals and he seems pretty committed to meeting them. 5th grade is all about buckling down and getting serious...no more of this 4th grade stuff....nope, it's the real deal. We set reading goals (with the disclaimer that they will be increased), attitude goals, character goals and discussed extra curricular activities. We know that a lot of new things are thrown at you in 5th grade and we had a great talk about our expectations and his. This is going to be a great year and we are so glad he will be starting 5th grade as the awesome 10 yr old that he is. Happy Birthday Noah! Thanks for the special dinner.

No, he's not making faces...he is celebrating his 10th birthday item...and a whole decade!!

We really enjoyed our one on one time with Noah. It is so different when you only have one child out of four with you...it's so quiet!!