Happy Birthday Will

I am so behind on blogging all the important events of this week, but I must not neglect the most important one of all, the birthday of the dominant male in the househole. He bought his own present, the phone that the Verizon guy told Nick was the best one - the "Envy". Nick is certainly envious.

You may wonder why Nick is kneeling between Eric and Will in the picture. Nick becomes frighteningly exuberant whenever the opportunity presents itself to play with matches. He volunteered to light the candles, and somehow managed to drop a full box of matches on the floor. He was there for awhile. When the matches were finally picked up and Nick had successfully lit the candles, Will took his sweet time blowing them out. My faithful standby balloon cake decoration that has served me frequently since I first used it on Eric's sixth birthday sustained severe damage. A large hole was melted on the side of the pink balloon. Quite sad.
Nick knew exactly what his father needed for his new phone and got him a memory card for it. He wanted to treat his father the same way his father treated him at Christmas, so he wrapped the very small item in a larger container, using excessive amounts of tape, and put it in an enormous bag. Of course, excessive tape is no problem for a guy who always carries a pocket knife.

Will is having so much fun with his new toy. He was so excited that he text messaged Nick to let him know he got it when Nick was in class at school! Cell phones aren't allowed to be on in class, but Nick is smart enough to have his on vibrate when he's dumb enough to have it in his pocket.