Last week we celebrated Ezra’s 7th birthday! Our man was very excited about his birthday countdown calendar. This was his first year to get a bike ride with Daddy, and Ezra did a great job on the ride. He especially enjoyed riding through water and seeing a bomb crater.
Isaiah wanted Jonathan and Samuel to come to his birthday, so we had a birthday lunch so their family could drive out from Ban Lung to join us for the celebration. Jonathan made Ezra a piñata, and the kids had a blast breaking it open.
Ezra requested spaghetti for his birthday meal and a dinosaur cake. In the beginning I was just planning on a 2D dinosaur, but the more pictures I showed Ezra, the more evident it became that he wanted a cake exactly like his stuffed dino, not a flat picture of a dinosaur. It took a bit of creativity.
In the afternoon, Ezra got his “big” birthday present. We had a bed made for him. Since coming back from the States, Ezra and Micah have been sharing a bed, and it’s been fine, but Ezra’s been waiting for his own bed. I found some pictures of a bed I liked, and Josh took the pictures to a metal worker near our house, and the man did an excellent job making the bed! And it comes apart! Ezra was pretty excited when it arrived and he figured out what it was. There’s a desk underneath for the two boys to share.
In the evening we had the same meal (leftovers) and then did gifts, cake again, and a birthday slideshow. So it was like Ezra had two parties.
Ezra is a fine young man. Just this month, he’s started burning our trash, which he loves to do. He also takes our laundry downstairs each morning and starts it going in the washer. Ezra is a good worker and likes to solve problems. He’s a very kind brother to Maria and will take her downstairs to play while I’m teaching school in the mornings with the other kids. We love that Ezra and Micah are such a good buddies! Ezra is advancing in his reading and writing skills and he really likes math. We’re thankful for our second son Ezra. It was great celebrating his birthday all this month!
