Eight is GREAT!

My sweet Cole is officially 8 years old.  I've heard it said, kids grow up too fast!  And sometimes you can almost believe it, but when you have a birthday like this one you think THAT WAS TOO FAST!!  Here are some photos over the past 8 years celebrating Cole.

This year, Cole took a few friends to Planet Play - a local spot with a pizza buffet, arcade games galore, and Lasertag.  The boys had a great time!  (And Cole purposely smiles just like that when I whip out the camera!)

On Mother's day we had a picnic with all of our family and I made this "CREEPER CAKE" - what  is a creeper?  It's part of the Minecraft game - and if you don't have it in your house yet, you must not have a boy between the ages of 7-12.... Cole was thrilled with his cake.  (yeah!)

What I love about Cole:

He's thoughtful, makes amazing love notes frequently, his enthusiasm about science, friends, parties, and making smoothies, how he plays and cares for his little brothers, he's his big brother's best friend (most of the time), and you always know when Cole is in the room - he lights up our world!

My favorite quote from his project all about Shih Tzuz dogs: "I wouldn't watnt to be this anaml.  One reasan why I dont wont to be a shih Tzuz is that their life is boring.  They eat disgusting food. Umm... and oh, yeah... I hate walks!"