Happy Birthday, Gabriel!

Yesterday was Gabriel's 8th birthday. We had a rather low key celebration because it was a school day and he had homework to do. My, it's hard to be 8, isn't it? Despite this, he was a happy little guy as you can see in the photo below. Once he finished his homework and practiced his violin, he was in Lego heaven. Alan also spent some uninterrupted quality time with the children in the evening.



Last night, I prepared his favorite meal of noodle soup, gyoza and salad for dinner with non-dairy eis for dessert (Alan made a special trip to the bio specialty store). We also took him out for his official birthday dinner on Saturday night and had birthday eis (instead of a birthday cake) on Sunday. We might take the kids out for a special outing at the Technik Museum Sinsheim this Saturday because the weather is starting to get much warmer.

It's hard to believe that our little guy is 8 years old already, and that he'll be a tween very soon. He's growing up to be quite an inquisitive young man who is able to think independently. We're very proud of him and it will be interesting to see what he does with his life as he gets older.