Young Adventurer at Nine

Young Adventurer celebrated his 9th birthday recently. He skipped the big party this year in favor of the ultimate sleepover fun with one buddy. The sleepover occurred a week in advance of the actual birthday. It involved some "scientific fun" with dry ice, and cornstarch. Now I'm wondering if it may have been even more exciting to combine the two substances in water...

The actual day of his birthday was a very busy one. Not much time for a big celebrations, but there was time to open gifts:

So we bought him one more video game--it was worth it for the smile. There was also time to check and see if the kitchen floor is level...

Of course it's not. Would you seriously expect this kitchen floor to be level?

Usually we'll take the birthday kid out for lunch or dinner, but Young Adventurer decided he'd rather stay home and have that special birthday peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Eating at home left more time to try out the new video game before leaving for the choir camp rehearsal and performance.

Happy Birthday Young Adventurer!