Liam's 8th Birthday

We celebrated Liam's 8th Birthday with a small party with our family (Mom, Dad, Grayson, Liam, Julia, Ethan and Oma), our au pair Fatima and three of Liam's friends, Josh, Ryan and Ronan.  We decorated the kitchen, put a ton of balloons in his room with a soccer balloon bouquet and had a cake, cookies and cupcakes from Sweet Mandy B's.  We had a birthday sign out in the front of the house with a birthday message and picture of Liam.  Craig made ribs and we sat outside on the rooftop for dinner.  Liam is having a soccer themed birthday party with his friends on September 10th at Lakeshore Athletic Club.  He's very excited to celebrate with all the boys from 2nd grade.  This year we are doing an all boys' party with the boys from both classes.  

It's been a fun year for Liam!  He plays soccer for Chicago City Soccer and made the pre-academy team.  He also plays flag football for JFL with all his friends from school (they have two teams for his grade).  He got a new bike for his birthday and loves riding it to the park and Scooters for ice cream.  He also got roller blades this summer and loves going around the neighborhood.  He's very athletic and coordinated so luckily these things come easy to him.  He got a hover board for this birthday and got the hang of it the first day.  He loves playing Roblox on his ipad, snow skiing, tubing on the lake, watching youtube videos, drawing, playing games on playstation, trading pokemon cards, playing with his cars (he recently told me to get rid of his dinosaurs because he's too old for that), doing imaginative play, cuddling, reading books, making butter for popcorn, hanging out with friends and family movie time.  Liam is such a sweet, caring boy who is always concerned for other's feelings.  He is a friend to everyone and has the best imagination.  We love you so much, Liam and can't wait to see how much you grow over the next year.