David is TEN

We had a surprise birthday party for David on April 5, Sunday. At first, he asked if he will have a party and we told him, we haven't decided yet but we can see how eager he was to celebrate his birthday with a party and also disappointed if he will not have one. Of course, kids his age are not contented with receiving one or two gifts from the family only but I promised him we'll get him a big Lego Star Wars  with more than a thousand pieces instead. His motivation was to get more than he will receive from us. Missy even bought him a Lego Sponge Bob kit from her own money. She was also excited in finding and giving a gift to his 'kuya'.

 We were just mum about the whole thing but we did ask some family friends to save the date although some already had other plans especially that it was spring break. We just actually told him, we have invited Ophine's cousin's family who were visiting from the Philippines although we have already met them a week before that and that they'll not be in South Florida anymore on April 5. At least, he will not be surprised with the preparations of having some guests coming over.

We were quite successful in keeping it a secret. His Ninang Pauline volunteered to bring the ice cream cake so that was settled. I'm not sure if he noticed that the food was a lot more than what two families with small kids can really partake of.

Ophine didn't do any kids' games anymore but she had an egg hunt for the kids since it was an Easter weekend. I'm sure they enjoyed that.

The following day, we had a  'just-us' family celebration at our favorite restaurant, 'The Ark' in Davie. Their Mondays are always 'Kids eat free' days so that was our 2nd motivation so to speak. Besides, with the way David and Missy eats, it's not 'sulit' for us to have dinner there if we're not taking advantage of the 'promo.'

Anyway, I remember when I was ten and right now I'm thinking of introducing him to the story of 'the birds and the bees' very soon. My only concern is him blurting it out to Missy. This summer, I'd like to start teaching him how to shoot starting with an air rifle. I'm not a gun advocate but since we're living in a country where the 2nd amendment rights of its citizens are protected, I believe it will be safer if he gets the proper education. He had been asking me in the past about my favorite movie which is 'Schindler's List' so I did give him some history lessons. He's eager to see the film but I don't think he's emotionally ready right now. Maybe in two more years.