On February 10, Chance had his sixth birthday and it was time to celebrate the life of this adventurous, crazy kid. Chance is the perfect combination of boy. He has that rough & tumble, just-wanna-get-dirty-and-stay-that-way side to him; but he also has the sweet, compassionate side. He's quick to jump on the floor and wrestle with his dad, but also just as quick to climb up into my lap, hug me, and tell me how much he loves me. I cannot imagine our family without this non-stop, full-of-energy little man.
We celebrated this year with a bang, or should I say "crash", by going to Monster Jam. It was a blast! The kids loved it, and I had just as much fun watching their faces as I did watching the Monster Trucks.
Before the show, we went to the "Pit Party" where we got to walk around and see the trucks up close and personal. The kids also got to meet the drivers and get autographs. We met everyone but Gravedigger's driver. Daddy was a champ and stood in line over an hour, while we met all the other drivers, and when we were 5 people away from getting to the front of the line, they told everyone he had to go get ready for the show. Grr. The kids had fun meeting everyone else though and Daddy got major points from all of us.
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| Raminator |
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| Getting Autographs |
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| The Family Favorite: Gravedigger! (The paint job is a throw-back to when Gravedigger first joined Monster Jam. That's why it's not the green/black that you normally think of when you think of Gravedigger.) |
After the "Pit Party", we found our seats and got ready for the action.
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| The fun begins. I love their faces in this one. |
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| Iron Man |
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| Gravedigger |
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| Raminator giving the fans something to cheer for |
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| Unfortunately, this is how he landed it. He tried to come back later in the show, but turns out he busted an axle. That's never good. |
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| Trying to take a picture, but the kids wouldn't take their eyes off the arena long enough to snap it! |
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| Iron Man vs. Gravedigger |
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| Iron Man |
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| What happens when you only get half your truck over the van? Iron Man can tell you. |
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| Gravedigger didn't disappoint all night |
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| Finishing out his run with some pazzazz |
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| A little too much pazzazz at one time...the crowd loved it though. |
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| Huge Monster Jam Fans |
It's hard to believe after all that we still had more celebrating to do. But the morning of his actual birthday, we continued the celebration. After all, this is a very special little boy we're talking about!!
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| The requested birthday breakfast of biscuits and gravy |
It snowed a tiny bit early that morning and Chance was thrilled. We decided that that was God's way of telling Chance "Happy birthday!" I knew it would be gone in a matter of hours, so we took a few minutes before school to go out and enjoy it just a bit.
Chance also had his friend, Jack, come over and spend the night with him that Friday. This was Chance's first time to have someone over for a sleep-over and Jack's first time to go to one, so it was an exciting night!
And no birthday is complete without a cake and presents.
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| Mikaela reading her card that she made for him (It was filled with Monster Trucks.) :O) |
I think it's safe to say we had one very happy birthday boy.
Happy birthday, Chance Matthew!!
Candie, this just reinforces all the reasons that you are a great mom. 1) you have raised him to be a wonderful boy by nurturing all the characteristics you mentioned. 2) you know the monster truck names! 3) you are ready early enough on a school morning that there was time for playing in the snow! I'm impressed on all three counts.
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