Brody is 7!

Our sweet little baby has really grown into a little man in 7 years. 

Brody's 7th Birthday Interview:

1.  Who is your favorite person in the whole world?

my brother Evan

2.  What is your favorite color?

blue

3.  What's your favorite television show?

Dragon's Edge - a continuation of the "How to Train Your Dragon" movies

4.  What's your favorite outfit?

blue soccer ball shirt and shorts

5.  What sport do you like best? 

football (probably none but he is going to try playing football this year)

6.  What song do you love?

 4 Him - The Nature of Love (an old Christian song I put on his Kindle, but it is a good one)

7.  What's your favorite cereal?

chocolate

8.  Who is your best friend?

Evan

9.  What do you want to be when you grow up?

a chef

10.  What is your favorite book?

Magic Treehouse - He has read the first four and is working on the fifth one and says he likes them all.

11.  What are you really good at?

art

12.  Where do you wish you could go on vacation?

the beach

13.  What is your best memory?

riding roller coasters at Wild Adventures

14.  What would you buy if you had $1000? 

a dump truck ~ these are Brody's typical silly answers

15.  What vegetable do you hate the most?

chard ~ I'm not sure he has tried it.  They planted some different lettuces at school, and he just remembers this one and likes to say it.

16.  What food do you like best?

Mellow Mushroom pizza

17.  What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

cookies and cream

18.  What do you love most about yourself?

I am funny, silly, and crazy.  Mommy will add that she thinks I am a very sweet, loving, and cuddly little man.

19.  What do you like to do with your best friends?

play lava tag and crystal tag (just new names for the old game of freeze tag)

20.  What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday?

I want to see dinosaurs. 

We were heading off on a special trip for Brody's birthday weekend, but I knew we had to have a little birthday celebration for him at home.  Birthdays are always such a big deal to this kid.  He just loves the cake, decorations, and pretty wrapped presents.  It doesn't take much to make this boy happy, and I love being able to do the little things that he truly appreciates.  This year, I tried to come up with a cake that I knew he would love.  One of his favorite pasttimes at the moment is playing his Skylanders game on the WiiU.  He and Evan have been playing Skylanders for several years and have amassed quite a collection of the Skylanders figurines that you use to play the game.  They have three or four of the different games so the characters coincide with the different games.     

I found some Skylanders cakes on Pinterest and thought I could tackle a simple one using some of his figurines.

The figures sit on a portal that lights up and allows them to interact with the game so I thought the cake needed a portal of power too.   Brody thought the cake was too cool to eat.  The portal of power was made with kitkats around the edge.  

Make a wish, birthday boy. 

He finally got a little present to open.  I wanted to get him more, but he really didn't ask for anything and loved his special trip so much.  He got a new Skylanders crystal for his newest game that allows you to create your own characters on the game. 

He just loves unwrapping a present. 

He was very happy to get a new Skylander, and he and Evan couldn't wait to create the character.  

On his actual birthday on our way home from our trip, we ate at a different Mellow Mushroom.  Like our usual one, this one had some cool recycled metal sculptures, and this one had a really cool Incredible Hulk and superhero theme.  I loved Hulk's fist coming through the wall of the restaurant.