Bradley's Birthday Party

I can't believe that my firstborn is turning ten years old tomorrow. I'm pretty much in denial about the whole thing, actually. When I think how fast these years have flown by, it frightens me to realize how few are left. How I pray we've prepared him well!

To celebrate his birthday, he asked to take a few buddies to the Adventure Science Center downtown. As usual, McKenzie put up with being the only girl. I'll never forget his birthday about four years ago when Bradley wanted to have a sleepover. When he found out McKenzie couldn't come, he demanded to know why not.

"Boys and girls can't sleep over together until they're married, honey."

Look of complete bewilderment, followed by the words, "McKenzie's a girl?"

I'm quite sure one of these days in the near future he's going to realize that, and I'm not sure he's prepared for it. But for now she's just one of the guys.
Brave little thing went first on the anti-gravity pulley. She said going up was a lot easier than coming back down.
The boys didn't do a whole lot better!
One of the many moments of wonder.
Hanging out by Jupiter.
This thing completely grosses me out. But I love the serious faces here!
The whole gang.
Afterwards we went to CiCi's Pizza. I have to brag on the manager there. When Jeff asked if we could put in a request for a chocolate pizza with chocolate and peanut butter chips (forgetting we were at Cici's and not Snappy Tomato) the manager apologized and said they don't have those. The next thing we knew, he'd sent someone down to the grocery store to buy them just for us. Extremely impressive!
After dinner the kids hung out in the arcade for a few minutes. What is it with boys and video games? The Bryster was ready to go!
We had a fantastic day. I'm so grateful that our son has been in our lives for ten years. I look forward with excitement and anticipation to see who he becomes over the next ten. But for now, I'm savoring the fact that he still calls me "Mommy."