Bret's #8, 3 times over

So, Bret was a lucky boy this year. He had 3 birthdays. First, he got this before Nick left for his 2 week trip:

A brand new bike!

On Bret's real birthday (October 9th), we had a little swimming party with a few friends.

The kids loved the "magic" candles, but Bret said he was annoyed that everyone was spitting on his cake trying to blow out the candles. A little extra spit never hurt anything, right? He got a few lego sets from his friends, that he has enjoyed putting together.

The morning after Nick got back (yes, we survived, with no baby yet), Bret opened his presents from us.

The highlight of the birthday for Bret was getting the new Lego Batman video game. He's been begging for this for months. Nick and I tricked him and wrapped another video game up. When he opened it, we said that Nick couldn't find the Batman game in the US, but Nick said they could play this new game. Bret was visibly disappointed but went to the player to put in the other new game. We had placed the unwrapped Lego Batman video game on top of the player. He found it and was super excited. He has been playing it non-stop since. When he gets home from school, he doesn't even stop for a snack.