Mason had quite an interesting birthday this year.
He was so excited and had been driving everyone crazy asking for hints about what his presents were. Tim took the other kids to the store a few days before his birthday to get him gifts from them, so there was a good stack all wrapped and tempting him from the table for a while. He really really wanted me to let him open one present a day early.
He lucked out on that because the day before his birthday we had dinner and cake and ice cream and Pop's house. Ryan made him a cherry chocolate cake and he got to open a present. They got him a .22. I've been a little nervous about having a gun in the house lately, so I wasn't sure about that one. But he was pretty excited.
On the morning of his birthday we had donuts for breakfast and he got to open all his presents. The one he had really been waiting for was from us, we got him a pair of Nike AirMax 270s that he has had his eye on. He was so happy! Then he tried them on and they were too small. It was such a bummer, he was so excited to wear them. Then he opened a pair of headphones that Brielle got him to pair to his Xbox. Only it wouldn't pair. At this point he is getting a little upset, but still trying to make the best of it.
He had been asking all week to go to Lagoon A Beach for his birthday so first thing in the morning I checked the website to make sure it was open. Then after lunch we packed up the swimming stuff and drove there, only to find out in the park that Lagoon A Beach was closed for the day. This is where he started trying to hold back some tears. He decided to try a couple rides, but the ones he wanted to go on were all closed (one closed after they had waited in line for 20 minutes) so we ended up going on The Rocket and leaving. Then he decided that going to the Aquatic Center would make up for it, but if we went there we wouldn't have time to go out to dinner at Tepanyaki like he had requested.
We asked the Coates if we could go swimming in their pool and luckily it was free. That ended up being really fun! Afterward we all got cleaned up and invited Grandma and Grandpa to come to the restaurant with us. Mason had decided that even though his headphones wouldn't pair, they were still good for listening to music, so he brought them on the drive. When we were getting out of the car they got knocked onto the street and broke. Then Tepanyaki wouldn't take reservations and when we got there it was a minimum 60 minute wait. Strike six. We made our way over to Chuck A Rama and that turned out great. The kids love that place.
Tim and I spent a good chunk of the day feeling bad about how things were turning out. And there were a couple of times that we had to remind Mason that everyone in the family was going out of their way to try to make it a special day for him. So it wasn't perfect. But I think in the end he had a good day. I just can't believe he is 12. That sounds so old.
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