and woke up 5.
we went to "legend of the guardians" because the main owl's name is soren
the second half of the party took place this morning when we had cake and ice cream for breakfast (again, so craig could be with us). the boys were quite excited to stray from the usual frozen waffles and cereal routine. we sang "happy birthday" and opened presents and then each of us took a turn telling soren why we are happy that he is a part of our family. some of the answers were as follows...
craig---because he likes to go on adventures
sy---because he is nice to me and sometimes cleans up our whole room all by himself
mom---because he likes to cuddle with me
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| making a wish... |
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| blowing out the candle... |
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| he found the hidden cupcake full of starburst candy... |
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| opening gifts... |
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| awesome remote control car from the lisi's |
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| cool lego set from omi |
we brought treats to his kindergarten class and i could tell he felt really special today.
we tend to refer to soren as our "grumpy child" which for the most part is totally accurate. he usually goes through the entire spectrum of emotions everyday. but i will say that this little guy has really surprised me over the last few months. i spent about 6 months in complete agony over whether or not to let him start kindergarten this year. the cut off is later here so even though he was only 4 when school started...he was old enough to go. every week i made a different decision. i was mostly worried because he is so small for his age and i thought that another year of preschool could be good for him. we even had him registered for a year of preschool with the entire year's tuition already paid (thanks, mom). but i never felt settled, no matter what my decision was. it wasn't until i actually looked at soren and realized where he is in his development that i was certain he was ready for kindergarten. he comes home from school so happy and excited and my wish for him this year is that he gains confidence in how smart he is all on his own (without smarty pants older brother around).
happy birthday, soren...we love you!
8 comments:
Hey, My guy is Five today too! Happy Birthday Soren.
We ALWAYS had our cake & ice cream for breakfast on our birthdays. I never realized it was unusually strange until I was away from home in college! :)
Anne, I loved this post! Your boys seem to be doing so well there. You and Craig are exceptional parents. For my next birthday, I will ask for cake and ice cream for breakfast! :-)
Happy Birthday Soren!!!
So glad he is doing so well in K. Sounds like you made the right choice for him. :)
Happy Birthday Soren! Can't believe that you are 5! I love the cake and ice cream breakfast!
Annie, What a sweet blog entry!! I love the pictures and stories along with it. He looks delighted in every picture...and, he looks like a teenager in those adorable jeans :) Cannot believe that man is 5!!
I love that blog entry. You're the greatest mom, Anne. Happy Birthday Soren!
I can't read and at first I thought this said that he went to bed AT 4am and woke up at 5am. I'm just super slow is all, no big deal.
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