Daniel's Birthday!

Daniel turned 11 on Monday and we partied the entire weekend!  Friday night Alan and I stayed up late and decorated the kitchen with all things birthday.  We put up signs, balloons, streamers and more streamers.  It was so cute to see his face in the morning when he came down for breakfast!  He just looked at me with a big smile on his face and said, "Thanks Mom.".  It was priceless.

He wanted to go target shooting this year so he invited one friend and Alan took them to the shooting range in Bountiful.  He had a great time!  Once they returned we had a little party and he opened his presents.  He got a Nerf shotgun complete with Nerf shotgun shells.   Daniel wanted me to make cupcakes that were filled just like the Hostess cupcakes.  I made them, they weren't pretty and they were a pain to make.  But, they tasted yummy and we ate them all! 

 

He got a kite and some caps for his cap gun too.  Daniel is a little bit gun happy right now.  He wants Alan to take him hunting one day.  Sarah was so cute about his birthday.  She didn't have any money to buy him a present so she found some things in her room that she knew Daniel like to play with and gave him those as a present.  Kids are awesome! 

 

After we had the little party we went down to the Children's Museum in Salt Lake to hang out for a while.  We have never been there and Daniel was given a pass for the whole family to go so we took advantage of it.  Alan and I realized just how old our kids are when we saw all of the little kids running around.  Jacob said he felt like he was too old for that kind of stuff anymore but he had fun playing with the little kids anyway.  We all went to Costa Vida for a burrito after wards and then came home to crash.  

On Sunday I made chicken enchiladas-Daniel's favorite- and homemade tortillas.  Yesterday Alan and I checked Daniel out of school and took him out for a birthday lunch.  I am pretty sure Daniel had a great birthday and lots of attention!  It was a fun weekend and now he is 11!  

Wednesday he earns his Arrow of Light and becomes a Boy Scout officially.  I cannot believe how fast our kids are growing up.  Time flies!