Well, my little boy is now 7!  When asked what he wanted for his birthday he said "All I want is to go to Build-A-Bear and have lunch at Rainforest". Can't get much easier than that!  Lucky for us daddy got the day off from work.  We missed out on having Vincent with us as his class was having a class social the same day; and when you are a teenager, socials are mre important than spending the day with your little brother :O(

The day was filled with smiles, fun and surprises.  My son has such a good heart I almost felt bad playing a little surprise on him.  When we got to Rainforest, I whispered to the waitress about him wanting the volcano cake and told her I was going to tell him they were out of it, but to bring it out after that. She agreed.  When we finished our lunch I told him that they were out of the volcano cakes, but asked if he would settled for chocolate ice cream. He agreed with a smile on his face.

When the waitress came back, she asked if anyone wanted dessert, we said chocolate ice cream she said sorry we only have vanilla and mt son said "Sure, maybe next time on my 8th birthday I can get what I really want".  Can you believe that?  He was not only kind about it but patient as well, because it took about 15 minutes for them to bring the volcano cake out!

When the cake came out, the waitress went towards another table to gather other wait staff to sing. travis said "Wow, that must be the last cake for someone else's bithday. That's nice!" I am not joking!  When about a dozen waiters & waitresses headed our way singing his face was priceless! 

As I write this blog tears fill my eyes and joy fills my heart to know that this, my son was given to me by God almighty to enjoy!  This child was put here to teach me many lessons. Patience is certainly one of them, many, many, many, many, many, times!!! LOL! But quite often in times like these.

If only we could all be like Travis everyday.  Each moment in our lives we want things; whether we need them or not.  God knows what we need and when we need them.  I knew that cake would be the topper to his day.  I knew that woul put a smile on his face.  What I did not know was that he was going to be so accepting of the possibility of not getting what he wanted.  And he was like this al day long!

If only we all accepted what we had in front of us then what comes to us unexpectedly would be so much more enjoyable!

Daddy & Travis at the Cafe

Volcano Cake!