Happy Happy Birthday Paul!

Paul's birthday started with donuts from the donut shop! What a nice treat for the whole family.

Paul picked out yellow cake mix, but I also made chocolate. You can never have too many cupcakes!

Cousin Matt and Jen brought over silly string for all the kids.

It was loads of fun-- not. Anastasia managed to get it pretty tangled in her hair, but we got it out. Personally, I think the stuff should be outlawed but the kids loved it-- so I thought what the heck.

The kids love when Cousin Matt throws or pushes them in the pool. Later in the evening, Cousin Matt got pushed in the pool by our friend Brian. Ha ha-- what comes around, goes around! :)

Here are the kids lining up for pizza! The birthday boy was first of course!

Daddy and Paul-- I say this because Paul no longer calls John, Papa.

After dinner, Anastasia informed us that no party is complete without dancing. So we turned on the music and let them dance!

Paul was thrilled when it was time to sing happy birthday.

He knew exactly what to do when the singing was over.

Paul opened up about five presents and would have been so content. He seemed to forget all about the one thing he had told us he wanted for his birthday...

a red bike!!!!

Happy 10th birthday Paul! We are so proud to have you as our son!

After everyone went home and the kids got ready for bed, William, Andrew, Paul, and Jonny had fun playing with Paul's new Nerf guns! Finally we had to tell them it was bedtime.

The four boys slept in the fort they had made. As I went up to bed, I thought it was cool that even though we hadn't planned it, Paul was having his best friends sleep over in the living room.