We had a pretty low key celebration. Grammie came down and we had pizza, cake, ice cream, and some gifts. All of us except dad and grammie were sick. I finally felt well enough Friday to take cupcakes in to school. Eric is still waiting on a fun day out with is best friend. Hopefully we'll be well enough for that soon.
I tried to put this post up a while ago with his answers to some questions about being 8 years old but he just didn't want to do it. So I finally decided this is all he gets!
Happy Birthday Eric!
This here is the shaggy mop of a creature we acquired. He is a 3 year old buff colored Cocker Spaniel. Pure bred, AKC certified with papers. He had been kept outside and his previous owner went to college and wasn't taking care of him anymore. His name is Cody (Karl and Steph, can you believe it?) We thought about changing his name but he's been called Cody for 3 years and responds to it. We tried other names that the boys suggested but he just didn't seem to take to any of them. 
Here he is after a very long time at the groomer. The poor thing was dirty and stinky and over grown but now he is absolutely adorable.
Our Cody is so sweet. He adores the boys and all the attention they give him. He doesn't growl or snarl at them even though they are in his face even when he is eating. He doesn't jump on us and isn't a shameless beggar (although the boys are determined to turn him into one because they want to feed him everything). He did leave puddles in the house Wednesday night when I brought him home and Thursday during the day but he did not at all last night or at all today. He's catching on fast and aims to please because he has been deprived of attention for so long. We are all looking forward to the fun we will have with him! 
...It belongs to Mr. Levi and he is in LOVE. He has been waiting to be able to ride Big RED since he was born. Just recently we dug it out of the shed, pumped up the tires and to Levi's delight he is finally big enough to reach the pedals!! This is a big kid's trike and he is now a big kid. (Part of me thinks that's awesome and part of me wonders where my tiny little boys have gone)
He almost can't be stopped...well...unless of course he turns too fast.
No, he did not break his neck!
Eric had an Art Fair at school where they had all the kids artwork framed. Here is Eric's "City scape" complete with airplane and taxi. His art teacher says that he really creative and particularly detail oriented in art class especially for a boy. The rest of his teachers think she is confusing him with some other child:)
Thank you mom for doing this with Steve and I when we were little so I could pass this fun on to my kids!
We found an indoor miniature golf place in Ocean City that we tried out. It was really fun. The boys are finally getting old enough to do fun things like this without making me completely crazy!
