My darling boy, what can I tell you, now you are nine?
You are funny and kind and thoughtful.
You are bright and interested and interesting.
You are a wonderful big brother; the 6yo looks up to you and the wee girl adores you.
You make us so proud…
…making a commitment to Cub Scouts and approaching every activity with such enthusiasm.
…getting on to the swim team and going to every practice, ready to do your best.
…taking up new challenges when given the opportunity; playing the clarinet and recorder, taking part in the school talent show with your friends.
…approaching your first formal exams with a level head, and working hard.
…looking after your brother and sister, making sure they are safe and happy.
You love to help and thrive when trusted to do a task alone.
You are sensible and considerate and responsible; you are growing up.
You are starting to show us the young man you will become; if we can all survive the tween and teen years, we have a lot to look forward to!
We began the celebrations for your birthday with a party for you and your best friends at the weekend. You enjoyed exploring the garden, eating pizza and watching a movie.
You declared your cake awesome, and I am so glad that you were pleased with it!
With your birthday falling on a school day, present opening and cake waited until after school (and was squeezed in before taking your mum to the airport for her flight to London for BritMums… Thank you for understanding!)
You opened each card with such care, reading them all carefully. This is the first year you’ve done this, cards previously being forgotten in the rush to open presents!
There was a strong book theme to your presents; with fantasy and Greek mythology taking the lead. Trying to keep you in books is proving difficult at the moment, you devour them, which is wonderful to see. Hopefully this new collection will keep you going for a while. A couple of new science kits should keep you occupied too :)
Then came your main presents. One you had asked for…
… Bat boxes! [yes, really, we have bats in the garden!]
And one that was a complete surprise…
I think you might be pleased with it :)
We finished with an ice cream cake, a special treat…
I can’t believe another year has passed, and that you are now officially a tween.
You are past my shoulder in height, it won’t be long before you catch up with me, and I fully expect your feet to over take mine very shortly!
You suddenly look so much older. You carry yourself differently. Perhaps it’s the swimming, perhaps it’s simply the confidence that comes with good friends and good times. Whatever it is, you are growing up before my eyes.
You continue to make us proud every day and we love you more than I can say. We can’t wait to see what the next year brings.
Happy birthday, beautiful boy.
Aww lovely post hope it has a fab birthday. See you friday x
Thank you! It was so lovely to see you at the weekend :)
Aww! What a brilliant birthday and fantastic idea for a cake! My girls are big Minecraft fans and would love it x
Thank you Kim x
Cake looks amazing! Hope he had a fab birthday. Happpy birthday!! xx
Thank you, he did x
That is the most gorgeous post and loving all the photos. What a lovely memory to have on your blog that you can look back on and your son to read and remember too.
Lovely.
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Sammy x
Thank you x
Happy birthday how lovely!! And what a fab cake. Hope he had a fantastic time and birthday celebrations. Jess x #mycapturedmoment
Thank you Jess x
Happy birthday! What a lovely memory for you all to look back on on the blog! Hope you have a great time at BritMums!
Thank you, and I did x
What a lovely post!! Looks like your son had an amazing birthday – fantastic pictures. #MyCapturedMoment
Thank you, he had a lovely time :)
Belated birthday wishes to your 9-year-old son… can’t believe he’s growing up so fast x
I know, it’s far too fast!
Aww Happy belated birthday to your little man.
Hope he had an amazing day :) x
Thank you, he did :)
Lovely words. My daughter is 9 too. Goes so fast I just can’t believe it.
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It really does go awfully fast!
Oh happy belated birthday to a wonderful little boy!
I love the look on his face as he saw the bat boxes. It looks like your son had a wonderful time xx #sharethejoy
Thank you, he did have a lovely day, and party x
YAY, Happy Birthday! I really loving that Star Wars shirt :-)
Thank you Erin x
What a lovely post – loved the cake. xx
Thank you Louise x
Awww what a lovely caring boy you have, a very big Happy Birthday to him. His face is such a picture opening all his presents and his cake is pretty awesome. Hope you all had a really wonderful day :)
Thank you Tas x
Fab cake – we have a number 9 birthday coming up in August! Then it will be double figures next! #sharethejoy
I know, double figures, a little freaked out by that!
Oh Sarah i love this post! Your words are so beautiful and really capture the day perfectly – and the pictures bring it all to life. He looks over the moon with that scooter!! Thank you so much for linking up to #MyCapturedMoment
It was so lovely to meet you over the weekend xxxx
He really was, total surprise too :) Thank you, and it was lovely to meet you too x
Wow Sara, 9! He really is growing up! Happy Birthday to him, sounds like he had a wonderful time and he sounds like such a lovely boy :) xx
Thank you Caroline. I know, nine! Can’t really believe it!
Gorgeous boy, lovely post Sara. It was so lovely to finally meet you over the weekend and our two eldest children would get on famously I think-they have so much in common :) x
I think you’re right! And, it was so lovely to meet you too :)
I love how the gifts gets bigger and bigger! This post made me emotional as my son just turned 5. Suddenly 9 is not too far away now. #magicmoments
It really does go far too fast!
What a lovely, lovely post – and what a fab haul of presents! I’m so sorry we didn’t get a chance to meet up at Britmums Live this past weekend – would have been lovely to see you face to face finally especially as you are so far away! In the meantime thank you for linking up at #sharethejoy x :)
I’m so sorry I didn’t meet you either, there’s just not enough time, is there!
Such a beautiful post! What a lovely young boy. He will read this in years to come and be so pleased you documented how he is growing. My, that cake look good and I bet it tasted good and the scooter must have been such a fabulous treat! May we enjoy every moment with our children, as they grow so quickly before our eyes. :-) #CommentLuv