Braxton Update

My boy is 5! Where has the time gone? I can not believe I have a 5 year old!!!

This year we opted for a pizza party. It was great. I called to see if the Fire Department could stop by. We didn't know for sure until the day of, so I had not said anything to Braxton about it. I didn't want to disappoint my little buddy. We had a cake decorated with a dinosaur and I filled Easter Eggs with candy and we did a "dinosaur egg hunt" in the backyard along with a couple of borrowed bounce houses and a few of our favorite friends. The fire truck was ah-maz-ing!!! We ended up getting a ladder truck and they did not disappoint. The boys put the ladder...all...the...way...up....110 feet in the air and then climbed it! WHAT?!? Braxton and his buddies said "this was the best birthday ever!" Cool points scored for mom and dad! Braxton received all kinds of awesome gifts and uhm, dad got him a BB Gun. Seriously! I am not real keen on the idea, so Bryan has promised me, it gets locked in the gun safe and the only time he will get to shoot it is when dad is around and he will wear his safety glasses. My concern is "I like Chappelle's eyes!"

Happy Birthday to my sweetest boy ever! I love you more than you will ever know. You are head strong and can have a temper, but you have a genuine, sweet soul and love to snuggle and cuddle. Big things are in store for you my sweet goose!


In other big news: I registered B for kindergarten back in March and today we went for his assessment. They told us to be prepared with the staples: his name, birth date, address, phone number. So we made sure he was covered on those and in addition to that he needed to be able to trace, color, skip, use scissors. The process itself only took 30 minutes and basically they use it as a guideline to make sure they have a mixture in class. Of course I am a tad biased and think not only is he super stinkin' cute, but he's a smart boy too! I may have welled up as he walked back for his assessment. August is going to be brutal for me!