Happy Birthday, Ryan!

Ryan's 11th birthday was Thursday (I am a bit slow with the blogging, but you already know that). Toby took the day off and we had planned a day at the Science Center at Ryan's request. He woke up with the flu, though. Jake and Emma were urging Ryan to come downstairs to open his presents first thing in the morning, but Ryan just sat in a chair in our room and stared. Now that's sick! We didn't end up going to the Science Center. He built his new lego set and then spent a good portion of his birthday like this:

He was asked several times during the day if he wanted to have cake now, but he kept saying, "not yet." We finally told him after dinner that it was cake time becuase we were running out of time. Look at the enthusiasm on his face:

Here are the cakes I made for him. The birthday cake has become, for our children, a big decision as it normally represents the child's most significant interest at the time. This was Ryan's choice, after much deliberation. As a budding numismatist (coin collector), he decided the Franklin half-dollar was what he wanted for his birthday cake.

And here's a video of the cake "ceremony." He was a good sport.

Happy Birthday, Ryan. We love you.

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