Mr B turns 5!

So I can not believe it has been 5 years already! (Technically we are talking 2 days ago now as it is after midnight!) It seems like we were just getting used to this little person that relied on us for everything and now the BIG BOY can do everything by himself! I miss the baby days but I am so thankful that I have gotten to watch Mr B grow into the headstrong, independent, hilarious little boy he is today!

His birthday doughnut!

So some things to remember this age by! I wish I would have done this as he was growing but I obviously can not be relied upon to make timely additions to my blog!

He seems tall and lanky to me but then he stands next to his friends who are the same age as him and I realize he is still on the small side. That's okay, he can stay small if he wants to! He is 38 inches tall and just hitting 40 pounds. He just had another checkup with his cardiologist and everything is sounding great! So we got a six month pass. I am trying to figure out how to schedule his 5 year development study, he has done one at a year and 3 years so far. He has not been behind so far but with heart babies it's better if you catch them having problems sooner rather than later I hear.

Some of his favorite things to play with are puzzles and board games. If you let him he will do these all day long! To break it up a bit we also like to go outside to draw on the sidewalk and blow bubbles. One of his new favorites would have to be going on the "bike road" to go for walks or rides. He has a number of ways to get down the bike road, his favorite being a scooter. He also has roller skates and his tricycle. It doesn't really matter though how we go about it he just loves to use the new bike road. He also has to make sure he is protected every time he is going to ride something. He gets all his knee pads and elbow pads on, his helmet and even his padded gloves. He is super cute in his safety gear!

Safety Gear!

(Don't mind the no pants thing, this is basically how he lives!)

(Or the dirty house thing, you know the stuff you weren't looking for before in the background but can now see clear as day!)

He loves reading. This really hasn't changed at all, he has always loved books. The only real difference is now he can read some of them. He gets mad at me if we go to the library and I don't give him enough time to look at books. He can count to 29 but after that he says 20. So we are working more on his numbers.

He is starting to not be so affectionate. This one hurts my heart a little. He doesn't like to cuddle anymore. He gives kisses still but you never know what kind of kiss you will get, his favorite being cow kisses at the moment! He still wants me to play with him though, even when his friends are playing with him. We do have a routine for right before the Hubby leaves for work. When the Hubs is ready to walk out the door he will announce, "Okay I'm leaving now" and just like that the game starts. I start saying, "no that's my dad you can't give him hugs and kisses!" and he takes off to see who can reach dad first. This is accompanied by laughing and slight chaos. It's our favorite part of the day I think.

There is one other time that Mr B will seek out cuddles. If he gets really tired he will come up to me and say, "Mom I want you!" in a slightly whiny voice. I always pick him up or cuddle with him when he says this because I don't know how much longer it will be before he gives these times up too! (sad face!) When he is really tired is also the time he will ask to be picked up. I try not to tell him no because I am not going to be able to pick him up for long!

Of course the 4th of July happened!

He loves his pets and is pretty good at being responsible for them and feeds them almost without having to be reminded. He loves the Girl Scouts (I am a leader) and was heart broken when I told him he couldn't be one. Then I told him he could however be a Boy Scout and now he is extremely excited to start. He also can't wait for school and is super excited to start Kindergarten. He was also super excited for his birthday. For the last month he has been asking if tomorrow is his birthday and he finally heard us say yes on Monday! He has a countdown thing for his birthday and loves changing the numbers and working his way one day closer!

When he woke up asking me if it was his birthday I wasn't expecting him to tell me he could do whatever he wanted because it was his birthday. I reminded him that that is not how it works! So for his birthday we went to see Inside Out. It was a cute movie but the one he really wants to see is Kung Fu Panda 3. He will tell you when it is coming out and of course that we are going to see it. He loves them movies. His birthday also happens to be IHOP's birthday, which if you ask him is the best place ever to go eat. So of course we had to make a trip to IHOP for dinner after the movie. Fifty seven cent pancakes! We were spending the day with his god mother and her girlfriend and her daughter so they brought presents for him to open at IHOP. He loved everything he got (Legos, bubbles, chalk, and water guns) and had a birthday sundae before we left. We stopped at Wally World on the way home and he decided he wanted a doughnut for his birthday instead of cake. So a candle on a doughnut finished off his birthday! Well and another trip to IHOP with Uncle B and Aunt J.