Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Nine . . . Really?

Braden turned nine! I can't believe I have a child that old. He wanted to celebrate his birthday by having a swim party at grandma and grandpa Lungren's. His cousin Isaac was in town and I think Braden's secret birthday wish was to spend as much time with his cousin as possible.

Our Favorite Things About Braden:
  • Obedience. He is so quick to obey and without a lot of sassing.
  • Easy to communicate and reason with. I can explain a reason for doing something and that is all he needs to understand.
  • Easy to please. Every year at Christmas, for as long as I can remember, Braden will make a list with one or two items and say, "This is all I am going to ask for. If I just get this than it is okay with me. If I don't get them than it's okay too. I will ask for them again next year."

Braden's Favorite Things:

  • Soccer and Basketball
  • Boating and Rafting
  • Repelling
  • Sledding
  • Birds; especially birds of prey
  • Rocks
  • Water gun fights
  • Camping
  • Boise State Universtity
  • Sleeping
  • Playing Mario Kart on the Wii
  • Spending time with family

Braden's Favorite Books:

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  • Magic Tree House

Braden's Favorite Movies:

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks
  • Elf
  • Sword in the Stone
  • Transformers
  • Sky High
  • Bedtime Stories
  • Chicken Little
  • Narnia: Prince Caspian
  • Ice Age: The Melt Down

Braden's Favorite Foods:

  • Pizza
  • Spaghetti (he requested spaghetti, garlic bread and raspberry jello for his b-day dinner)
  • Macaroni and Cheese
  • Cup-o-Noodles (beef flavor without all the veggies)
  • Hamburger Helper
  • Meatballs
  • Anything sour! Sour candy, especially.

Braden asked for a chocolate cake and raspberry sherbet for dessert. I tried a mud cake recipe in the crockpot. Apparently my crockpot cooks extra hot because the cake burned on the bottom. I felt so bad. He tasted the top part and said it would be okay. He was so sweet about it not turning our perfectly.







2 comments:

Little Miss Bows said...

It was really great to see that you had added littlemissbows to favs thanks a lot.

Lyndsay said...

Happy Birthday Braden! Ryan is so glad to have another Bear now that Cory is leaving and he doesn't want to be alone!!

I hear ya on the crockpot, 1/2 of mine cooks so hot that everything on that side gets burned. Ugh. I've ruined about 3 dinners in that thing and now refuse to use it. What a good sport Braden is!