Coleman is Seven!

Coleman turned seven this week-- I wish I could stop the years from speeding by!  He is a numbers boy, so he has been tracking his age progression carefully all year.  First he was six, next six and one fourth, then six and a half. On cousin Brady's birthday, Coleman announced he was 6 and three fourths.  On March 21st ( a day he counted down to for the last month) he turned seven.

Just as meticulously as he kept track of his age, Coleman had his whole birthday planned out in advance.  He started the morning with Honeycombs for breakfast and I brought his class birthday donuts before lunchtime.  We had Domino's pizza for dinner, something he has always wanted but never had; because we always get the kids Little Caesar's pizza when Jono and I go out.  Luckily, the pizza lived up to his expectations!  After dinner he opened his presents.

We had a very fun family party on Sunday!  We served strawberry shortcakes, rice pudding (just because it is my favorite right now), ice cream cones and cookies.  A great time was had by all.  Basically the birthday celebrations can be summed up by this statement from Coleman, "I can't believe I'm seven years old!"

Jono and I recently found ourselves in a soon-to-be familar situation.  It was a Saturday night and Bud and Rosie were both with friends.  We had no baby sitter for Coleman, so we brought him with us to Market Street for dinner, along with Grandma and Grandpa.  We ordered him a hamburger from the kids menu, but he was more interested in my prime rib when our dinners came.  He soon realized that prime rib is better than a hamburger and ate a fair amount of my meat!  He constantly asks when we are going back.  We filled out March Madness basketball brackets in our family and the winner is going to come down to Rosie or Coleman.  Coleman wants his prize to be dinner at- you guessed it- Market Street!

Coleman is always happy and always up for adventure.  He loves to play football and basketball with Bud and Rosie, watch Scooby-Doo and play on Bud's ipod.  He loves school and is still a mathematical guru.  He knows how to regroup in addition and subtraction, can multiply and divide (he really loves division) and he just learned how to multiply double digits.  His favorite books right now are the Frog and Toad series.  They are divided into chapters, which he thinks is so cool.

We love Coleman so much!!