Kyle turns 8!

 We decided that this year every kid would get a friend party.  Kyle was the first up, and he picked a Big Hero 6 themed party.  We let him invite 8 friends, thinking they wouldn't all come.  One kid cancelled last minute because he got sick, but the rest of them were there.  Lesson learned....invite less kids - even Kyle agreed.

 This was an unexpected occurance - the boys decided it would be fun to pretend they were pregnant with all the balloons laying around.  They did this forever, smashing into eachother and giggling. There was also a lot of screaming and running around.  They all seemed to have a great time.

 Kyle loved every gift and the entire party.  It was just what he wanted so a birthday success on our part I guess.  We gave him Disney Infinity 2.0 the week before his birthday so he was a bit confused when he didn't get gifts from us on his actual birthday.  We were at a soccer tournament for Evan that day and wanted him to have time with his gifts.  He did go out with Grandma and Grandpa for a date on his birthday - clothes shopping and Red Robin.  Then he continued his celebrations with Happy Teriyaki for dinner the Monday after his birthday.  

 All dressed up for church for his baptism interview.

 And so excited to finally get to join cub scouts.  He was so excited he spent all day Sunday memorizing and doing everything he needed to to earn his Bobcat.  Finished the whole thing in one day and hasn't slowed down on passing things off since.

Hard to believe he is 8 already, but we love this kid and who he is becoming.  It was a big year for him.  He really figured out reading and started to love it.  It is pretty common now to find him up past his bedtime trying to read by the light of the moon.  He never really liked reading before or was very fluid with it so its hard to be mad when we find him up at 10 excited about a book.  He also came out of his shell in huge ways.  In his teacher's words "he came out of his shell, then smashed it and threw it out."  He is a social kid now, has lots of friends at school he plays with, and he speaks up in class and is willing to talk to the adults he interacts with.  Kyle is a sweet, happy kid and we are so glad he is ours.