Davidson turns 12!

Tim had the day off a few weeks ago and decided it would be a great time to whisk Davidson out on a date for his birthday.  First stop was lunch at Golden Corral which was Davidson's top choice.  After a wonderful time at lunch with my two guys we headed to our next surprise.  

We had a great time watching Walking with Dinosaurs.  At first Tim and I thought we might parish from boredom, but the movie did pick up and turned out pretty cute.  Davidson however announced we MUST purchase this movie as soon as it comes out.  Ha!  Maybe rent it for a $1...but not sure this movie will be a making it to our MUST have list.  It was fun enjoying the movie with him even if the overpriced Twizzlers were like ancient jerky!  :)  

We had one final surprise for the day.

Davidson's first trip to BuildABear!  He was so excited he was practically wiggling.

He chose the perfect bear and loaded him with lots of love!

Giving Apache a scrub before moving on to pick out the perfect outfit for the little guy.

The second outfit he found was a cut shorts outfit with a dinosaur t shirt.  He was thrilled!

Davidson's actual birthday dawned sunny and full of smiles!

He was very excited to start his special day.

We woke up to find the "birthday fairies" (Jeffries teens) had visited in the middle of the night and decorated the living room.  The kids were all excited to see the hanging balloons and streamers flying and fluttering around in the living room.

My baby girl, Aurora, whose getting so big!  She has turned into such a great addition to our family.  She is one spoiled Great Pyrenees.  

What's a birthday without a twirling princess!

Even Princess' get dizzy when they twirl, twirl, twirl!

This little Princess' dressed  up just for Davidson's birthday!  She came out so proudly from her room with this jumper on WITHOUT a shirt.  Sorry my little princess, but it's freezing outside and pretty cold inside while we wait for the fire to take the early morning chill off.  Shirts are a must for a few more months.  :)

 

Davidson chose to watch a movie with his dog Lily and Apache!

Look at these two cuties!  Jensen and Tinkerbell seemed to be enjoying the movie as well.

 

Daddy came home at lunch time so Davidson could open his presents early.  He was pretty excited about not having to wait until after dinner to get his loot.  :)

 

Each of the kids saved their money and purchased things with such care for him.  It was so much fun to watch him open his gifts.  Dinosaur wall stickers from Holly were a BIG hit!  Dino stickers + putting them on the wall beside his bed = pure awesomeness!

 His very last gift to open was a new K'nex theme park set.  It is so cool!  He LOVES K'nex so very much.

  He was really excited to get his first hook rug from Morgan.  He has been asking for a new "hands on" craft project for when we are listening to our audiobooks.  This hit the mark for him.

He was so blessed by everything.  Dog toys for Lilly from different siblings, new shoes, $20 towards his Lego Castle savings, new dino cups, new dental care stuff, new containers for his Lego organization, and Becca/Johnston gave him a new to him mp4 player/new headphones/charger and box.  Now to find new places for all his new stuff!

We enjoyed a day celebrating Davidson with some of his favorite foods.  Lucky charms for breakfast, mac-n-cheese for lunch, smoothies and popcorn, and for dinner corndogs, homemade orange jello with mandarin oranges and whip cream, baby carrots and for dessert a strawberry poke cake.  We played outside, played a racing game on the Xbox, and tons of other things Davidson wanted to do.  

We are so very blessed with this boy so full of love and kindness.  I couldn't imagine our life without Davidson's mega watt smile in it.  Happy 12th Birthday to an amazing young man!