Five.

Well, it happened. It really did. Mikey stepped out of his world of being four and stepped into a new world of being five. It really is amazing to see how much he has grown this past year. He is such a gentle little soul and reminds me so much of his daddy. We had a smaller celebration this year and took Michael to Stonefire which is like Chucky E Cheese on steroids. Wow! It was mass pandemonium, but Mikey had such a great time with Zoe, Gracie, and Lily. As expected the entire ride home consisted of asking when we would be able to go again. The jury is still out on that one! :)

Here he is in all of his five'ness. The mark on his lip is from what else but a light saber. I was going to take it out, but this is exactly what he looked like that day and I wanted to capture him just as he was....light saber battle scars and all. :)

A wee bit excited at his new Star Wars Republic Gun Ship.


Michael at five:

Adorations: Star Wars, anything to do with sports, transformers, going to the movies, the beach - his favorite place in the world, music, his Darth Vader shirt.

Vices: Starbucks, chocolate milk, lightsabers, blueberry muffins

Oh his playlist: I Gotta Feelin' by Black Eye Peas, Down by Jay Sean, Star Was soundtrack, Wattcha Say by Jason Derulo, Kids by MGMT. We have never had a children's song that he has ever liked - quite amusing.

Favorite movies: Star Wars, Clone Wars, Up, Transformers, Horton Hears a Who, Where The Wild Things Are

Just a few pictures from his night at Stonefire.
If you could just concentrate more on the beautiful little five year old face and less on the ridiculously horrible light, I'll be your best friend forever. Promise. :)


Mikey and Lily - two of our favorite little people.

Michael had the highest score out of all of us at Skiball. We were all laughing hysterically at the insane amount of tickets he received.
His cute little face handing over his tickets. Yes, that is a Sponge Bob Square Pants wristband. I know everyone wants one!

He stood and stared at the air hockey table forever. He finally caved and played annnnd had a blast!

Exhibit A.

Exhibit B. He kicked Daddy's butt!

...and someone else I know was having a bit of fun too...


Blowing out his birthday candles.

To Mr. Michael - Thank you for making each and every one of our days brighter, for having such a big heart even at the age of five, and for letting us see how beautiful this world is through your eyes.

We love you so much!! xoxo