Xander Turns 10

I can't believe my boy is 10 already!  It makes me feel super old to have a child in the double digits.  Xander's birthday was technically Sunday but Grammy and Boppy came down from Idaho so we celebrated on Saturday. 

Xander has been so excited about his presents for weeks

The big thing at Saratoga Shores is this thing called a Kandama (I have no idea how to spell it). It's a wooden ball on a string that you catch on a stick with several cups.  He's actually getting pretty good already.

My parents got him a hat, scarf and the book for the Weeblos den in scouting.

 

He received three minecraft lego sets

 

I've stopped buying a fancy cake for birthdays because honestly no one in the house really likes cake.  Everyone eats a piece out of obligation and then 3/4 of the cake sits around going stale for the next two weeks until I finally throw it away.  The last couple of years I've been buying fancy cupcakes and they seem to go much better.  This year I tried out a new bakery in Orem called The Chocolate. 

 
I don't know if you can tell but Steven bought candles that have colored flame.  This one is blue.

For dinner we went to Xander's favorite restaurant Chilis.  The waitress we had was super irritating so we didn't tell her that it was Xander's birthday so he didn't get sung to.