Birthday No.9 | Soaking It All Up
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photo taken by Kim Ackerman
Number nine was a good one.
The celebration began with a visit to Simon's classroom on Friday.
Simon's teacher had him introduce all his guests to his classmates. He starts off with "This is Grandpa." and then moves on to "This is Chris." He goes around all the rest of us including me, "This is Ali." After he finished his teacher asked him if Chris and I had other names. He said "Dad" and "Mom" and then explained that the other kids wouldn't be calling us Dad and Mom so he was telling them our real names.
I also got a couple great shots of Simon at the front of the class while everyone was singing Happy Birthday.
After our school visit we headed back home to do some prep work for the party on Saturday: decorations, goody bags, wrapping, etc.
Grandpa and Anna looked at photos on Grandpa's computer.
When Simon came home he opened up a few of his gifts.
On Friday night we had dinner with all the Grandparents at a local Mexican restaurant. The waiters all sang Happy Birthday to Simon.
And on Saturday, from noon to 2pm our house was full.
It was so fun to have six of Simon's friends and some of their parents here for a couple hours. Pizza, cake, playing outside, chase, building lego mini-figures, opening gifts, chatting, etc. Some of my favorite photos are a line of kids along the kitchen counter all building lego mini-figures that were included in their goody bags.
When asked what his favorite part of his birthday was this year he said, "having my friends here."
Happy Birthday Simon - we love you so much and are so excited that you are nine!
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LOVE this post....I met you a few years back at Shari's wreath making party, my son turned 10 yesterday...Time goes so fast...Funny Kim was the director when Calin went to Newberry Preschool...Eugene is such a small world...Anyways, thank you for sharing.
~Stephanie
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She is great :). We love her and her family.
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looks like an awesome celebration for 9 year old Simon boy!
we love those mini Lego figurine collections... you never know what you're gonna get. fun!
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They were perfect for these kids :).
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Happy Birthday, Simon.
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Happy Birthday, Simon! Enjoy your last year in single digits! I know it will be a good one. My son turns 10 in March, 9 is a great year!!! :-)
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Simon, So glad you had a wonderful birthday and may all your wishes in your 9th year come true!
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Awewome! What a great time. Happy Birthday Simon!!
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Happy Bday Simon!! In the top pic, by the pepsi can, are those "learner chopsticks"? :) Love them! :)
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They are - my sister-in-law gave them to us. They are great!
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Oh, I got tears in my eyes with the picture of Simon looking at his cake. Perfection. Happy Birthday Simon!
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What an awesome celebration for Simon. So wonderful that he had an awesome time with family & friends.
Love the connection between you & Simon in that last photo.
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Happy Birthday (again) sweet Simon.
TFS all the great pictures Ali
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Happy Birthday Simon!! Such beautiful memories of Simon's special day. It's great that you are able to go to his school. I'm not sure they would allow that here. A few years back my Dad went to the school of the child of a family friend - filling in on Grandparents day as his Grandparents were a long plane flight away. Years later it is still one of his favourite days, both the child's and my Dad's.
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Diese Fotos erzählen von einer sehr glücklichen Familie, die zusammen hält und schöne Feste miteinander feiert. Danke für die wunderschöne Bilder.
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Simon is so lucky to have such a great family! And very lucky to have had those awesome looking cupcakes!! Yum! The cake looked fantastic, too, Ali! What did you put on the top? I'm so glad that Simon had a great birthday weekend. Nine is such a nice number!!
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you got some amaing shots there!! HAPPY BDAY SIMON!
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Here's to Simon and Friends and Grandparents. Nine is going to be a good year.
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The photo of Simon blowing out the candles took my breath away when I scrolled down and saw it. I literally gasped, causing my son to say, "What??" Please share the specifics of how you captured such a beautifully focused and lit shot!
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Happy Birthday to Simon! Looks like a GREAT Birthday weekend!
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Happy Birthday Simon. Your cakes look really yummy. Sounds like you had a great day. I love looking at your birthday through your mum's eyes.
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Love all those fabulous pics. Happy birthday, Simon! I had tears when I read Simon's comment about his friends. Take care, Deb xx
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Wow! What a lucky boy! Looks like SO much fun! I love the picture of him blowing out his candles! What setting did you have the camera on? Any tricks to getting that picture with that great lighting?
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