I can hardly believe that Aspen is five years old already. Times goes too fast! He is a great, protective big brother, smart and questioning just like his dad (worries and drives me crazy at times!), and is incredibly loving and challenging all at the same time. He has recently started an outdoor preschool class, and I heard through the grapevine that his teachers were "impressed with his character". Nothing makes a mom more proud and encouraged! Although I may not always see it at home, others do!
Aspen's birthday fell on a Monday this year so because of that and the fact that I had to work that day, we celebrated his birthday the Saturday before. Aspen was very excited to wake up to the kitchen decorated for his Batman themed birthday complete with blue and black balloons and a Batman table cloth. We started the day off with traditional cinnamon rolls and Saturday morning cartoons.
Later in the afternoon, his party started. We invited 5 of his friends and took them to the Clackamas Aquatic Park for a couple hours, and then back to our house for pizza, pop, ice cream cake and presents.
Aspen showing off his birthday cinnamon roll - our family tradition!
On our way to the Aquatic Park with a car full of excited boys - Aspen and Adam in the back and Isaac and Luke in the front. In the locker room after swimming the boys were telling Mark, "this was the best day of our lives!"
Luke and Isaac getting into the water...still a little timid. By the end, they were both going down the slide (in the shallow area) and playing with Aspen and Adam in the wave pool.
Adam and Aspen, on the other hand, didn't waste any time running into the wave pool and wading out as far as possible.
Luke, Journey and Isaac hanging out in the shallow area. It was quite the challenge keeping track of all 6 kids!
Ahhh, boys. It's impossible to get a good picture without some major bribing (or threats!).
The lone, brave girl, Aspen's friend Sofia.
Aspen got some great gifts, batman toys and Legos! He's been playing with them every day since :)
It was a blast and I think Aspen will have great memories of the day for years to come.
1 comment:
Happy Birthday Aspen! Looks like he had a fun one & love all the pic's of the kids. Luke and Aspen know how to make some great camera faces. I love that Sofia was there and had her cute pink swimsuit tutu on, go girl!
Glad he had a great time and is enjoying his pre-school. Yes, he is growing up fast. It seems like yesterday when we were celebrating his 1st bday at your parents and he was walking around holding onto our knees for balance.
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