Jamie turned 10

Another monumental birthday for one of my kids. To know Jamie is to understand his middle child quirkiness...he is aloof yet loving, he is independent but will take a cuddle when no one is looking and he is mature....Justin always gets mad that his friends like hanging with Jamie..so when it comes to birthday parties...Jamie is not doing that...he announces every year that he doesn't want me to spend money but more importantly...he really is not into the kids at school...he has 2 good friends and a best friend who incidentally left the school after thanksgiving...nothing like your kid coming home from school with that face...and you ask..." you look like you lost your best friend....and he did!!"..yep that's exactly how it went down!!....anyways....being a January baby and having a brother 5 years older puts you in a different friend category according to my son.....he just gets along with older kids....who don't DO birthday parties....but I convinced Jamie that maybe this year we could just have his friends come by for some pizza and Dad will take them to laser quest..and then maybe...just maybe...I might happen to have a cake with his name on it...and a few candles on fire.......( a mother's way of disguising what's really going on---can you say birthday party)...so Jamie agreed and as those boys are out at laser quest....I smile quietly to myself happy that he is enjoying his 10th birthday party!!