Part two of Mikey’s birthday celebration went like this:
We followed the daddy into Buena Park Mall.
We took off our shoes. And bought six pairs of special Big Air socks. (In other news, I need this shoe cubby in my garage.)
Small boy…
big air.
Well, this doesn’t look safe.
Thankfully hands came down to help clear him from the ledge. Whew.
This guy’s favorite part?
The Battle Beam!
Joust!
Man down!
Brother vs. Sister
Joust!
Brother vs. Brother
Joust! (This was a quick bout as Jonah would leap off the beam as soon as he got to the middle.)
Father vs. Son in an epic battle of David vs. Goliath proportions.
This is about when Jonah got smart and started calling out, “Let me win!” before each battle began.
Another favorite?
Dodgeball.
Lucky that the four of them can make their own dodgeball team.
All in all?
Everyone had a blast.
Especially
This guy.
We took a break and walked over to Portillo’s for dinner.
It was good.
Happy birthday, my sweet son! What a joy it has been to be your mom and watch you grow into the kind, gentle, fun-loving kid you are with glimpses of the good man you are becoming. May your faith in the Lord grow and deepen in the year to come and may He bless you beyond all we could ask or think! Love you, Mikey.
And after dinner, we headed back in to do it all again. Only this time, I put away the camera so I could focus on getting some serious big air.
