Belated

It's old news by now, but Ryan's birthday passed with much celebration. In addition to his birthday outing, we also had an at-home party last Sunday. For the cake, Ryan chose a dinosaur dig cake that was featured ion one of the 15 or so magazines we get each month (seriously, our magazine pile is taller than Evan, and Summer just subscribed to another one because it came with a free tote bag--we have more tote bags than we do magazines!). Anyhow, the cake is great, made from scratch with sugar cookies bones under a layer of cookie crumbs: Here the birthday boy blows out the candles:
Fro presents, he got some nice church clothes (more on that in a future entry) to celebrate his forthcoming baptism. As a newly-minted eight-year-old, he also began cub Scouts, for which he was quite excited. His maternal grandparents sent him the uniform, which he wore within seconds of opening the gift:
And my parents send him a new glove, since the child size was getting too small:
It needs some breaking in, but that's a convenient excuse to play catch everyday, isn't it?

Happy birthday, Ryan, and thanks to aunts & uncles for cards and grandparents for gifts. See you all soon.