DEVON'S BIRTHDAY, PART TWO - 2013

Devs entered his last year of single digit living this year and his day was filled with some W-style birthday traditions.

The day started really bright and early with a doughnut date with Tim.  He indulged in a powdered sugar covered, lemon jelly filled concoction.  He tackled it head-on.

And he struck a pose.

Then he came home for a day that was pretty ordinary.  Until evening, that is.  We all sat down for the dinner of his choosing.  Sausage balls, which he often requests, fruit salad (strawberry, pineapple, kiwi, mandarins), cool ranch Doritos, and sour cream cheddar Ruffles were on the menu and it was delicious.

Silas had given Devon a scavenger hunt as a birthday gift, which was an awesome gift for the little W who most loves to hide or find things.  He had hopped on Mapquest earlier in the week to scope out various locations around town, written up eight different rhyming riddles for clues, then Tim helped him plant the clues, along with a variety of snacks, the previous day.  So the three oldest male Ws tackled the scavenger hunt when they were done eating - Tim chauffeured, Devon figured out clues and hunted for the hidden things, and Silas came along to watch his plan unfold.  Here he is with his first clue and snack. 

At a local park with a new clue wrapped around another snack.

By the time the guys returned from the scavenger hunt it was time for opening gifts from family and cards that came in the mail.  He flashed some cash.

Then he collapsed in exhaustion from the strenuous labor of unloading every single ribbon we've ever owned, all of which were used in a gift that Naomi packaged.  

Needing some nourishment from the hard job of opening gifts, he and I took off for our traditional ice cream date and he inhaled a cookie dough blizzard.  Actually, he ate a ridiculous amount of food at dinner and had to take part of his ice cream home to toss in the freezer for later.  

The day was wrapping up, but we had one more tradition left.  The birthday outfit.  He put it on and we had some fun taking pictures.

Hmmm ... evidently Blogger now warps vertical pictures to make them horizontal.  Awesome.  Oh well, at least you get the idea, even if Devs now looks really squatty.  

And on that note, with lots of laughter, the birthday boy hit the sack.