It's so hard to believe my first born is 12!
It seems just a minute ago he turned 8 on our first September in Abu Dhabi.
He shares his birthday with Grandma Cook so we always like to combine the celebration. Fortunately we had both sets of grandparents here with us as well as Sam's Aunt Joleen, Brad's sister.
Sam had a combat themed party. (Every Mother's dream.....hmmmm) All his friends brought their Airsoft guns and protective gear and went out in the green space in our backyard to fight it out. I was only hoping they would wind up with the corpse of our not-so-friendly skunk that has been visiting our yard, spraying our poor dog and being really aggressive.
No skunk, but lots of fun and everyone seemed very happy with the party. Even one of Sam's best friends, Mohammad, was given the day off from fasting for Ramadan so he could partake of the pizza and cake to help Sam celebrate.
The cakes met Sam's request of chocolate, chocolate, chocolate...Chocolate cake, filled with chocolate pudding, covered with chocolate frosting.
I added my attempt of camo frosting on top to carry out the theme.
It's such a delight to have family near by to help celebrate special days with us and our kids.
3 comments:
Happy Birthday dear Sam. I love you.
I can't believe he's 12... I still remember his baptism in Abu Dhabi! Looks like a fun party- haha! I can see Jonah requesting a combat party at some point too. Must be a boy thing :)
i can't believe that sam is 12...that is so great! my friend showed me this great picture that she took of her nephews when they were 12 and i have done it for mine. i'll send you a pic.
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