Dave's 5th Birthday!

How is it possible that my baby is 5?!  The past five years have gone way too fast!  He has grown up so much in just the last couple of months, and now he constantly reminds me that, "Mom, I'm a five, so I can do more stuff now!".  He also took it upon himself to be the one who unloads the silverware from the dishwasher from now on.  Not arguing with that!

We had a little party for him on his birthday.  I made him a Deadpool cake, which looks incredibly creepy but he loved.

His new bobble head (courtesy of his friend Alec) posed next to his cake.










He was definitely excited about the pile of presents  :)

Ready to blow out his candle!  When he poses for pictures now he always tilts his head to the side-so weird!

Some of the kids chowing down.










He received all kinds of cool stuff for his birthday, the most popular things being anything that is Lego or blind bags.  We also got him a bunk bed, which we put together while he was at school on the morning of his birthday.  He was so excited to see it when he got home!

Family picture in the bunk bed!









About Dave at 5.  He is completely independent and has to do things in his own way and preferably in his time frame (which tends to get him in trouble!).  He is working on learning to read (kind of) and is able to write almost all of his letters and numbers-still working on a couple tricky ones!  Dave is obsessed with blind bags, and is usually either pestering us to buy him some to open or trying to watch videos of other kids opening them on youtube. Hopefully we will have a video of him opening blind bags soon!

He loves playing video games with dad and helping me cook.  School is going really well for him this year, and he has made lots of friends in his class, which I hope will turn into long-lasting friendships!  Dave doesn't know a stranger and will talk to just about anyone he comes into contact.  And he always says, "My name's Dave, what's your name" to random people when we are out and about.  Dave and I basically have the same personality in a lot of ways, so we are constantly butting heads.  He is definitely helping me to grow as a person and parent as we work through problems together.

Here is a video of Dave taken right after his birthday.








His school picture!

Posing with his Christmas tree.  (Notice Deadpool keeping watch up in the window!  haha)











Oh man, what will the next 5 years bring us with this kid?  Scary to think about, but also so exciting!  Here's hoping he at least is sleeping in his bed all night and sleeps in past 6 AM when he is 10!