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His 7th Birthday

Birthdays come with much anticipation around here. We had lots of little things planned throughout our day, but that kinda got squashed by the big snow storm (a hazard of having your birthday in the middle of February in Minnesota), so we had to improvise.2014 46I let this guy open a birthday present every time we ate. And we ate more often than normal today ;)  He was delighted. All he really wanted for his birthday was to eat cupcakes and go to the Lego store. I think it's just me who gets all hung up on the details, trying to make it extra special.2014 452014 442014 432014 422014 412014 40By the way, this is hat hair from playing outside in the freshly fallen snow, not bed head, lest you think I don't keep them properly groomed. Actually, some days I don't ;)2014 392014 382014 372014 362014 352014 342014 332014 322014 312014 302014 29After a morning of playing outside, and an afternoon of coloring and creating, we picked up his buddy and headed for the greatly anticipated Lego Land at the MOA. Taking it all in.2014 282014 27This little guy has saved his money for almost a year to purchase an, all-be-it overly priced, Ninjago set he's had his eye on for a while. To say he was excited would be an understatement. This is THE event.2014 262014 252014 24(Somewhere along the way we picked up an extra little girl. She ended up going back to her parents when we entered the store ---)2014 232014 222014 21Oh, and Dear Photographers, If you want a white balance challenge, go to the Lego store. Oh. My. Crazy. Colorcasts. I need more practice :P2014 202014 19We looked, and looked, and looked...2014 182014 172014 162014 152014 142014 132014 12... but we could not find it. Turns out, they no longer sell it in stores. What a bummer! And totally anticlimactic.2014 112014 10Turns out, Steve was able to find it on Amazon. So we sat there in the store and bought it online. :P  It would arrive in two days. (Thank you Amazon Prime.)2014 92014 82014 72014 62014 52014 42014 32014 22014 1