Timothy's Birthday Shenanigans

It's hard to believe Timothy is 9 now! Usually he isn't a morning person, but on his birthday he woke up bright eyed and busy tailed, ready to start the day!

We had the grandparents over for birthday breakfast. We also had a surprise guest show up the previous evening, Sam's friend Nik who needed a place to crash while on his travels, so that gave us another person to help celebrate Timothy's birthday! He was pretty excited to have a houseful of people eating a special birthday breakfast with him while he played hooky from school, lol. 

Timothy couldn't wait to open his birthday stocking and presents. Its all he talked about for about a week. The birthday boy was lucky enough to get a metronome, lots of tasty snacks and treats, a new fishing pole and accessories, add-on pieces for his marble run, blue light blocking glasses, 3D printed Among Us action figure set, a new fish tank (the kind that glows), and a ton of spending cash! What a lucky boy. 

It is tradition to mark the kiddo's heights on our family height board on their birthdays. Timothy was so excited to see how much he grew! He is definitely officially tall enough to ride a roller coaster, haha, which is excellent news as his birthday gift from us last year was tickets to an amusement park, but we didn't know if he would be tall enough for the coasters, and Covid had the park closed down anyway. This year though, he is definitely tall enough and I just received an email saying they are able to open soon. So yay! We'll get to go this summer! 

After some time spent playing with his birthday gifts and saying goodbye to the grandparents and our friend Nik, it was time to hit the road for some birthday fun! Usually we would head out for a hike or something of that sort, but this year Timothy just wanted to go out to eat and spend some of his birthday cash on a few gaming gift cards. In truth, there still isn't much to do because of Covid. But as long as he got to eat some lunch and go out for ice cream, he was gonna be good to go. 

Our first stop was Freddies so Timothy could pick out his birthday dessert and gaming gift cards. He settled on donuts for his birthday dessert, haha. We each picked what kind we wanted and he was totally stoked with that.  Next up was the fish store so he could choose a few neon fish for his new glow fish tank!

We stopped in for some lunch at Spooky's, which has finally opened up for dine-in! Even the little arcade room was open, which made Timothy exceptionally happy. 

Ice cream at Big Jim's is a birthday must for Timothy. They are closed for dine-in eating still, so we had to go through the drive thru, which isn't as much fun as going in, but it didn't change how delicious the ice cream tasted! 

Birthday shopping and birthday eating done, we headed back home for photos with Mama and Papa and game time for Timothy so he could use the gaming gift card he picked up with his birthday money. 

 

Birthday donuts and snuggle time rounded out the evening. Lots of snuggle time! And just like that, our baby was 9! 

On Friday the 15th, Timothy was able to celebrate his birthday with a sleepover with two of his friends! His party was Among Us themed and he was so excited to have his buddies over! Timothy wanted fettuccini alfredo for dinner and he got it! Dessert was chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting. That evening the boys had a great time jumping on the trampoline, splashing around in the hot tub, playing with Timothy's 3D printed Among Us action figures, and playing Among Us on the computers. 

I'm glad Timothy was able to have a small party this year. Last year we played it extra safe and didn't allow friends over, so he was very excited to get a night all to himself with his buddies. It was music to my ears listening to them all laugh and have a great time. I was happy to see my baby so happy! 

With love,

Mama Hauck