Allen's Eight Birthday on the eight day of the eight month

My son officially turned eight at exactly 7:50 PM. We had a party in the house - and by party, I mean, just us here in the house plus a couple of titas, 1 tito and 1 cousin. We decorated the house all by ourselves and though the results might be amateurish, my son simply loved it..

We bought a simple birthday cake and decorated it ourselves.. as elena said, it looked good and looked like it was an underwater cake with spongebob, squipperd, sandy and patrik. we put in some candles that looked like weeds thus completing the underwater theme :)

I realized that as long as you do things together and you make it a labor of love, no matter how simple it might be or how cheap it is, my son wouldn't mind a bit and would just love it.

At the end of the evening, he said the sweetest thing to me - 'mommy, its the best birthday ever'...

Happy birthday allen! You make life worth living :) Love you very much...