9th so we are celebrating early.
which reminds me we still have to go up to the used video game store and do his birthday present shopping. he prefers used games because he can get more games that way than if he got new. he's really starting to get it about value for money. it started with his own allowance that he would do it, but it's carried over now since he knows he only gets a limited dollar amount for his birthday, too. now that his reading has started to take off we might just take him down to the used bookstore and let him get a few books from 