My Baby is 5

Guess who had a birthday last month? Shout hooray!
But wait...he's my BABY and he just turned 5!

Even at 5 he's an awfully big baby. I took this not-so-little guy to the doctor last week for his *gulp* Kindergarten check-up. The Doc says he's in the 100% percentile for his height! Huh? I didn't know that was really possible. I mean someone has to be the the tallest kid out of 100. So there he is. My son. He's also 95th percentile for weight. I stopped trying to pick up this kid a looooong time ago. (That's my little line-backer.)
Funny how his birthday always coincides with the Super Bowl.

So we had a Par-tay! A Spider Man part-tay! Some comic fans (but mostly little kids) would say he 's the coolest super-hero. But personally, I'd rather date Superman. (I've always had a thing for the tall dark and handsome, crippled-by-kryptonite-kind-of-guy.) What does this have to do with my son's birthday party? Nothing. Other than he'd make the cutest little Superman or Harry Potter for Halloween. What does HP have to do with anything? Nothing. Harry is just too young to have a crush on (creepy). But I {heart} those books!

So what have we learned: This not-so-little Soon-to-be Kindergartner turned 5 and he is a cutie with all that dark hair and dimples and tons of football playing/Superman potential. We've also learned that I really like dark hair. (I present the Postman as exhibit A.)

I made him a "Spidy" Birthday Cake
 with a whipped cream/cream cheese frosting. 

We played web-slinging games with sticky hands. A "Villain" walk. Pin the Spider on Spider-Man. Cake and ice cream and fruit punch. Opened presents. And drum roll please..... SILLY STRING! Whoa. SO MUCH FUN FOR A KID!!! This was the last thing we did and for obvious reasons, outdoors. It was a Web-slinging Birthday Blast!

And then...Chuck E. Cheese. This is how children punish parents. If if didn't have children I would never go there. They offer up expensive kid amusement first and fore-most then the food is someone near the very bottom - maybe below Chuck E. Cheese tattoos and filthy tokens. Did I try and talk him out of this after-party place to eat? Yes. Did he go for it? Obviously not.

Happy Birthday to my baby! 

*sniff* 

I could just love the pizza right out of him!

Have I mentioned yet, that my oldest is going into Jr. High next year?!? Good Grief! 

That will be a whole other post.

Diary of a Birthday Boy

February 4, 2010

Today I turned 4 years old! 

I jumped out of bed and ran downstairs and put on my party hat.

Mom took me to Three Little Monkeys for story time and a craft. I made a "Heart Guy".

This is Zoe. I bought her today with the birthday money I got from my Great Nanny and Grandma Guymon. I've been wanting her for a long time.

Mom bought me lunch at the Bun Basket again. I love it there!

Then we went to "Toys For Us"!!! Everyone wished me happy birthday. I got this great balloon and a birthday crown! I also had $3 gift card to spend on whatever I wanted! I got a tree frog and a ring pop! I had a really fun morning!

Mom made me take a nap but it was hard to sleep because I was so excited for my Diego birthday party that night.

Balloons and streamers and party hats!

Mom even made me a Diego Birthday cake!

Nap time was over and it was time to go with my family to Chuck E. Cheese!!!!

My party still wasn't over....

We went back home for some cake and ice cream.

My very favorite part of the day was opening presents!

I got that police helicopter I wanted! Wahoo! 
I also got a policeman on a motorcycle! My brother gave me a package of Oreos! 

Today was so much fun!! I loved my birthday! Now it's time to go to sleep.