CJ's Special Birthday

 CJ had a full day on his big 8th Birthday!  The day started with breakfast in bed!  Not early enough however!! Laura thought that he would enjoy sleeping in a little on his birthday..oh no.  1/2 way through her shower, Laura hears a loud, knock, knock, knock on the bathroom door...and yells "YES??"  CJ props the door open and asks, "Where is my breakfast?"  Laura reassured him that she would get right on it as soon as she got out of the shower!  (Now..it is like 6:15 am mind you...in case you were wondering how "late" Laura was letting him sleep!)  For breakfast, CJ requested homemade wheat toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and juice.  As is normal with CJ... he ate hardly any of it!  I guess he was saving up for lunch. (CJ has never been a very good breakfast eater, even as a little baby.)  Since it was spirit week at school, the lucky birthday boy got to wear his PJ's to school!  Then, as a treat he brought donuts to his school mates, but they got put in the classroom until after lunch!  The teacher waits until just before time to go home to sugar up the kids -smart lady!  Nana and Papa flew in and took CJ out to lunch.  He could pick wherever he wanted to go. He picked Olive Garden.  (Both Preston and Becky were disappointed that they couldn't go too!)  CJ likes the salad, but he LOVES the breadsticks and alfredo dipping sauce.  I think Nana and Papa said they lost count somewhere around 14.  Then they brought out a big birthday brownie, sang to him, and then CJ finished off the brownie. On the way back to school, Nana and Papa said that CJ was looking a little green in the back seat!  CJ said that he was planning on going back to school and just hand out donuts, but he wasn't going to eat one - SAD! 

As the day progessed, more people arrived ...Grandma and Papa Ward, Leslie and Trevor & the kids. (Becky was supposed to come late Friday night, but surprised us Wednesday afternoon instead!!!).  For dinner, CJ picked confederate bean soup, his favorite.  This year CJ picked a "store bought" cake instead of one of Laura's masterpieces. (Laura was a little bummed...she likes creating the kid's cakes!)  His cake of choice was a marble cake, with strawberry filling, topped with whipped frosting.  He also requested that it have 8 lego star wars figures on top - 8 of them, since it is his 8th birthday of course!   Happy Birthday CJ!  We love you!