Five

Happy Birthday!

Wow, DS1 is 5. Time flies. I've had this blog for over 6 years!

We had quite a fun filled day today. DH took the day off work to spend with us. DS1 has been asking for a surprise birthday party for over a month. We said "surprise" at him once this morning at home, then we got the homeschool co-op group to say it when he arrived today. We brought a cake to share, and DS1 was quite shy while everyone was singing. Overall he is much more comfortable with the group than he was 6 months ago, but apparently he still is not comfortable being the center of attention.

We tried to go bowling, but the alley was full, so we went to play miniature golf "in the dark" instead. There is a place in the mall with black lights and reflective balls and holes that we have seen in the past. It is an 18 hole course, and you can play it 3 times for the fee, but we only played it once. There is a bonus "prize hole" at the end, set up like pachinko. DS1 got in the winning hole; the rest of us didn't. He won a free admission, good anytime in the next year. Then we came home, played with the car track that DS1 got as a gift, and had dinner. For dessert we had cake (the one DH and I baked last night, not the left-over store cake from this morning) with candy decorations ("stickers" as DS2 called them) and 5 individual candles. DS1 blew these out himself; he had me blow the big "5" out on the other cake this morning. DH left for barbershop, and we had our normal bedtime routine of TV, pjs, brushing teeth, stories, and singing.