Birthday...all week long continued

Even though we told him his new swing set was an early birthday present, he did end up with a thing or two to open last night.

One of his presents is a new bike.  Ben got a hand me down from Ty.  Its a great bike, but its so heavy.  For a kid still learning to ride a 2 wheeler, its a disaster.  We told him we would take him out today to pick out a new, lighter bike.

This is what he picked.  Its actually pretty cool.

Jon put the training wheels on and Ben took off.  It was a slow start, but he's getting there.  Jon has challenged him to learn to ride with out training wheels by October.  We'll see how it goes.

Gram is coming up tomorrow to keep the celebration going. Sunday is Bens friend party.  We're keeping it really low key.  We're just having everyone meet us at a park with a picnic and we're bringing 2 cakes.  We actually have so many people coming, we need 2 cakes!  Ben is very excited about that.  Not only is Monday a holiday, which means dad is home an extra day, but Gram will still be here AND aunt Corrie is coming home!!!  We plan to have a cook out and, at least in Bens eyes, celebrate him more.