And That's a Decade!

Jalen is 10! I can't believe how much has happened in these past 10 years. It seems like forever ago that we rushed to Roanoke to meet him for the first time. I recorded my thoughts in THIS and other blog posts.

Since his birthday was on a Sunday, we celebrated Saturday. He didn't have a party this year, but he was able to invite two friends for some fun. He chose to go to Frankie's Fun Park - one of his favorite places.

We hadn't been there for awhile and were surprised at how many new games they have.

Baylie and David loved the new virtual reality game, although it scared Baylie half to death.

The boys' favorite game was a Ninja Turtle one where they could all play together. 

The boys had a hard time choosing which games to play because they were in heaven.

After Frankie's we came home and everyone made their own pizza.

While the pizza was cooking, Jalen opened his presents.

I t hink the Air Heads were his favorites.

He was very excited to have such a big present. I don't think he really cared what was in it, he just loved that it was big.

After presents, it was pizza time!

Jalen has had an obsession with caramel lately and he wanted a chocolate caramel cake. I experimented and made a Devil's Food poke cake where I poked holes in the cake and poured sweetened condensed milk over it. Then I melted caramels and poured that over it and then covered it all with melted chocolate chips. Last of all, I covered it with whipped cream. I don't care that much for chocolate and I thought it was amazing.

Jalen got three Lego sets and the boys had fun playing with them all afternoon. It's amazing how three wild boys can be completely absorbed by Legos.

Jalen has always wanted a gaming system, but we don't want one in the house. We ended up getting him a retro Frogger game. It is totally old school, but he loves it.

The big present was a basketball game that can be converted to football and baseball as well. He loved it and the kids have already spent a lot of time playing with it.