Five Years Old

Thomas has been anxiously awaiting his 5th birthday all summer.  He's been talking about it and making "big" plans for his special day complete with Ninja piñata, ninja fights and a ninja cake.  I'm not sure where he got his ninja obsession, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with his two older brothers reading Ninjago books.  Luckily Thomas is easy going and was ok ditching the whole ninja theme.  He settled on a fun day at Hoots (an indoor inflatable jumping place), followed by a trip to the swimming pool, homemade cotton candy with good friends, homemade pizza for dinner and cake and ice cream to top the day off.  It was fun spending the whole day doing things to make Thomas happy.  What a special boy he is.  He is so full of love and finds joy in the simple things of life.

Here are some things about Thomas at this age:

• while he enjoys help in some things, he is very independent and wants to do things his way
• he is very focused and determined when working on a project or coloring activity
• he loves to build and create

• he loves to share and make people smile  
• he can be sweet and soft one minute and crazy and wild the next
• his whole face lights up when he smiles
• he loves to catch lizards with his big brothers
• he absolutely loved preschool and really developed academically and socially during the past year

• he knows all his letters and their sounds and can read simple books by sounding the words out
• his drawings are very intricate and often symmetrical

• he is a sweet big brother to Emily and loves to give her random hugs and kisses

We love Thomas and are so grateful for the light and happiness he brings to our family.  

Annual birthday video will be posted later (whenever I get the time to finish it).