Some Things About Onion Ring

Last week Onion Ring had his (I can hardly say it!) twelfth birthday. My stars. I dare not think about the next twelve to come.

Instead, let's take a look back upon his sweet life. Here he is, on his Birth Day. What an amazing day!

Awww, isn't he adorable with his first birthday cake?

This is one of my favorite pictures of Onion Ring. He had fallen asleep on the way to his birthday party when he turned four and he was soooo crabby when he woke up.

Fortunately, he cheered up after a while.

This was his first day of Kindergarten. He was very excited to go, but when we got close to his classroom I could see terror welling in his face. When I asked him to smile so I could take a picture, he stood and forced this smile in spite of his fear. Then he turned and walked into his classroom without a peep or a backward glance. I hadn't known he had such fortitude.

When he was seven, they must have talked up this mile long run at school because Onion Ring brought home a note about it and announced that he wanted to do it. So we took him, and he did it. He had never run a mile before (to my knowledge) and I don't think he fully understood how far it would be, but he did it. Again, I was witness to his fortitude. And he got to run with Cosmo, lucky kid.

I love this sign that Onion Ring made around this same time. (Click on the image to enlarge.)

Here he is with one of his best friends. Napoleon was Onion Ring's eighth birthday present.

We aren't into fishing that much, but Onion Ring loves it. Thanks to Uncle Randy, here he is with his first fish.

Onion Ring likes to write his own comics. If you like potty humor, you will love his comics. He wrote this one just for this post, sans potty humor, and still funny. (Click on the image to enlarge.)

This year for his party he invited a few friends to a movie, then cake, ice cream, presents, and pinata.

AWESOME pinata! (Yes, made by me, why do you ask?)

Wooooweeee! These twelve years seem to have flown by.

I am sure the next twelve will, too, with the many exciting things to come. (I guess I should think about it just a little bit.)