{Thanksgiving Luncheon}

This year both Mom and Dad made it to William's school Thanksgiving lunch. To say that he was ecstatic would be an understatement! Perfect timing too to show us his picture at the school's Students of the Month Board. So proud of him!

{Fall Festival}

Definitely no shortage of fun at this year's school festival. The weather was a bit chilly but perfect!

{A Chuck E Cheese Birthday Party}

Two things on the birthday boy's wish...a chance to get on the CEC ticket machine blaster and a boy's day out with his best buddies. This momma wasn't complaining and he had the greatest time (and we had the most chill day, ever).

It pays to have an engineer for a Dad, he had the strategy to help the birthday boy get the most tickets.

We love this guy!

Pizza and Pinata fun with friends.

Rocking it out with Chuckee

A super day with his favorite people.

He loved every single gift from his friend. They know our boy so well and picked the most personal gifts for his big day.

{Family Birthday Dinner}

So one of William's big wishes this year for his birthday is to have smaller celebrations so he can spend quality time with friend's and family. We decided to do a family birthday dinner celebration at his favorite Korean BBQ. He was so happy, and had a huge smile and very much enjoyed the company of family especially his cousins.

I love that my boy LOVES family. I love that he knows the importance of having one. I'm a big proponent of surrounding the kids with elders and cousins. It builds their confidence and nest. I love the noise in the house. I love holidays in our home. I love that our house is ALIVE! Extra snuggles and hugs for GG and Aunt Sonja, who came all the way from Tennessee.

This boy is so loved!

{Happy 7th Birthday William}

Dear William,

Whenever your name is mentioned, I can guarantee you that people will have a smile in their face. You are one of of  kind and your heart and charisma is just truly amazing. It is you. Kindness and goodness is your nature.  You are smart and enjoy life to the fullest. We are so proud of you!

Love,

Mom, Dad and Samantha


I love that your birthday is on halloween. The excitement and fun for that day is definitely a good match for a special kid like you. We started off with a special donut breakfast, then had fun watching you parade as Jack from Jack and Annie at your school's book character parade.

Mommy and Daddy brought in cupcakes for William's class and had lunch with him at school.

Tita Susan was near our house and joined us at Sprinklers to pick up the birthday boy's cupcake request for his birthday treat. They also had an ice cream booth so the kids were spoiled rotten by their aunt and had an impromptu ice cream.

Then at night it was time for trick or treating, GG and Soni made it in time for dinner. We enjoyed Ed's Big Green Egg Pizza (dinner request from the birthday boy).
William was Star Lord from Guardian and the Galaxy and Samantha was Tinkerbell.

 Mike (with mask) and William's classmate Chloe joined us for trick or treating. So fun!

Grown ups have fun too at Halloween.

Heavy showers came out of nowhere, and our trick or treating was cut short, but we still did good. We only covered 1/4 of the neighborhood, but the kids bag were almost full and one of our neighbors was offering grown up treats (jello shots) which were very much enjoyed by our group.

At home, we sing our happy birthday to William and ate cupcakes. He loved all his presents from family and enjoyed Dad's Jack o Lantern surprise for him.