Happy Birthday, Andrew!

Earlier this week, Andrew celebrated his 10th birthday. In his words, "I'm no longer a kid. I'm a pre-teen." YIKES!!! Richard and I decided that the 10th birthday should be a special day so Richard planned a very special outing for Andrew. Andrew shares his fathers passion for airplanes but has never been able to fly.....until now. Richard went to the local flight school and scheduled an hour flight for Drew's first flight lesson. Needless to say, the kid, I mean pre-teen, was thrilled and had a great time. I didn't go for fear of how Aaron would react to not getting to fly, but Richard took some great pictures.

Here they are with the plane. I'm kinda glad I didn't go up in this little plane. Rich said it was samll enough that the pilot was able to turn it around by hand.

This is the view from Andrew's side of the plane (Richard was in the back seat taking pictures). The pilot actually let Andrew take control of the plane and fly it. He was so excited. He danced around the house all evening singing, "I flew an airplane! I flew an airplane!"

This picture the pilot took of Andrew while they were in the air, as you can tell.





I think this years gift will be hard to top next year. But hopefully he understands that it was a special thing and not the norm. Who knows, maybe Richard will start taking him every year for a flight on his birthday. How cool would that be?

Happy Birthday, Baby, I love you!!!

"It's not my fault"