Chandler's Birthday

Wow! My "baby" is now 9 years old!

Birthday traditions at our home:
*the birthday child chooses the menu for breakfast and dinner
*the birthday child gets fast food of their choice brought to their school for lunch
*the birthday child is exempt from all chores
*the birthday child opens presents after dinner with the cake and ice cream

Chandler chose strawberry crepes for breakfast and ordered spaghetti for dinner. He wants Wendy's for lunch.

Yesterday he scratched his cornea quite badly and was in tremendous pain. We ended up in the Instacare (to ensure nothing was still in his eye). I was worried the pain would ruin his birthday but, so far, he is feeling much better today. I guess a good night's sleep can cure a lot of things (it would certainly help me right about now).

Chandler is a very funny child. He has oodles of self-confidence (sometimes annoying how he ALWAYS thinks he's right). He can't sit still. He loves Legos. He is actually more of a worrier than any of my other children. He begged and begged for piano lessons when he turned 5. Now he'd love to quit and I won't let him. He loves to play games (Uno, Settlers of Catan, and Ticket to Ride are some of his favorites). He gives really good "squeezy hugs". He is good at math and figuring out how things work. He struggles a bit with reading.

I love you, Chandler! Happy Birthday!