Bread and Other Provisions: "I'm Eight??? Right Now???"...

Yesterday was a big day for our boy. He turned EIGHT....FINALLY!!!!

Just a brief backround as to why this birthday is such a big deal.

First, we don't think he has ever celebrated a birthday before. And if he did, it was probably a shared experience. The reasons are many, but one of them could be they just may not know all the birthdays at the orphanage, so they need to keep things even for all the kids. To have one child celebrate and others not would probably cause a problem. Also, Lucas did not know his age when he came to us. It seems it was just not discussed. So this is a little part of his identity that he can now latch on to.

He has been asking about his birthday ever since he went to other birthday parties way back in the Spring of 2011. Trying to explain the months of the year, and how time needed to pass, was at first a big challenge. Since we got him in March..his birthday had passed just 2 months prior so it was a long wait.

Since we are having an actual party tomorrow with kids and friends here we will have cake and stuff then. But, we started the day with opening presents ...

Lest you doubt...there ARE still firetrucks the boy did not own....

and a Playmobil Skate park to add a little variety...

This camel came from our trip to China...

Cars 2 movie...

and then on to Krispy Kreme Donuts...who needs cake when there is Krispy Kreme???

I thought the boy was going to explode with glee. He was perfectly satisfied to substitute Donuts for Cake!!

We bought 2 dozen because we intended to share withs some friends, but that didn't work out so now we have a LOT of donuts in our house.

Yesterday he ate FIVE! Not sure I will let him keep up that pace but for his birthday..why not?

GA Aquarium with Sanders and Olivos...
Just happened to be an extra special day because we got a homeschool behind the scenes tour in addition to the already very cool aquarium...

is little B. not the cutest thing ever???

Lucas took this pic of the Tiger Shark

My friend Jenni

A little Behind the Scenes tour...

little Jake and Lucas...

When we got home there was a Package for him from grandma and Aunt Linda and Uncle Paul. It was the Playmobil Firestation. I thought the boy was going to jump out of his skin. He was giddy. Isaac watched as he opened it and just laughed.

Then Lucas got to pick the restaurant for dinner...and the winner is....FireHouse Subs! ... of course!! (no pics sorry)

We took Isaac to work, daddy was working late, so Lucas and I spent about 2 hours assembling the firestation. (probably would not have taken that long if daddy had been here..lol)