William's 12th Birthday!!!

This year, my favorite little boy in the whole wide world turned 12 years old!!!

The night before his birthday, we took some last day as an 11-year-old pictures!

It was an extra early morning, as his birthday was on a Monday, and Alice has to catch the bus at 645! But everyone got up to celebrate our William. = )

Kona Ice was coming to their school that day, because they do a veteran's day run, so she gifted him cash to get a special treat*. = ) 

Many weeks later, once Billy started at his new position, we continued the new tradition of taking each child out to a restaurant of their choosing for their birthday, and William chose Olive Garden.  He got to order whatever he wanted, and the new electronic payment device on the table flipped through the various desserts, so of course we ended up with the tuxedo cake!

We didn't have the menus, but luckily his cup had "Olive Garden" in print, in case we one day forget!

I hope our little boy feels special, and knows how loved he is!

later days

*Avia paid for Emily + friend, and William + friend to participate in the fundraiser.  Usually, I give them each some Kona Ice money that they can spend or keep, but this year we were working on a tight budget, so it was a very nice gesture from Emily!

backdated 12-22-24 for continuity (though the Olive Garden portion was much later.)