Brock's 10th Birthday

 

Happy 10th Birthday Brock! He was in a good mood from the very start of the day!

After breakfast, he opened up his gifts from his family. Nintendo switch games and Pokemon - he was thrilled!

What a treat - Pokemon InfernapeV - whatever that means, he thinks it's cool. Thank you Papa and Nana!

More pokemon from us and Chess for the Switch from Grammy & Grandpa. (there's definitely a competition here between him and Kade!)

After Saturday swim practice, he had two school friends come over for arcade fun at Dave & Buster's followed by a sleepover party. 

The original plan was for us all to have dinner at Dave & Buster's, but it was insanely crowded. We opted for burgers and french fries at Cook-Out. Too many choices and indecisiveness for the drive-through, so the boys ordered at the walk-up. 

Happy bellies, happy faces!

The fourth grade boys play soccer at recess almost every day, therefore Brock has been all about soccer lately (even though he doesn't play outside of school). Soccer themed with white vanilla cake and strawberry filling. (Brock picked out the writing on the cake)

Blow those candles out!

The rest of the night was pretty low-key. Played pac-man on Brent's mini arcade in his office, then settled in with Roblox in the playroom. 

True to typical sleepover, a late night playing games, talking & laughing; followed by an early morning of more of the same! He was a happy birthday boy!

Some notes on Brock at ten years old. He's still tall on the growth chart - 58 1/2" (94th percentile), but don't talk to him about it - he gets a little anxious thinking he's going to stand out from most kids. Brock is still progressing really well in his swimming - hitting more goals and working towards beating swim records in the 9-10 year old category this summer. He has a great imaginative side and loves to write mini stories - he's currently working on a comic book about a gill-less shark. Math is his favorite school subject and favorite colors are cyan & red. We are so excited to see what else he accomplishes this first year in double digits! Love you Brock!