EIGHT

Eight years ago, on the eighth day of the eighth month at 8:28 PM, Collin came into this world weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces.

Today, he is eight.

He is:

- loving
- sweet
- compassionate
- intelligent
- a strict follower of rules (but not always those set in place by his parents; he follows everyone else's rules exactly); at his party over the weekend, I overheard him exclaiming that there were only supposed to be six children in the bouncy house at a time - that is SO COLLIN!

He loves:

- his family, but is most fond of his baby sister and just cannot get enough of her
- Ninjago
- all things Lego (so much that he wants to go to Germany simply because Lego is a German company)
- grilled cheese
- peanut butter sandwiches
- junk food
- hiking
- riding his bike
- playing the piano
- swimming
- math
- reading books
- science
- art
- school
- spending time with Grandma

We went out for breakfast at Somerset Grille and lunch at Friendly's today at Collin's request.

The wait staff at Friendly's sang a special birthday song to him when they brought over his sand castle sundae.

We are looking forward to another birthday celebration at Grandma's house tonight.