Happy 5th Birthday, Sean!

Five years ago, on May 2, 2007, a sweet little baby boy was placed in our arms and became a member of our family!  The last five years have been full of fun, adventure, tears, frustration and most of all joy.  We are so proud of Sean.  He has grown so much in the last year! He graduated from preschool and is getting ready for Kindergarten.  He taught himself how to read.  Sean still loves building with Trio and has gotten very good at reading the directions for different buildings.  He also loves all things Transformers.  He will even pretend to be a transformer and transform whenever the mood strikes him (all over the house, in the store, at church)!  We have had to talk about good places to transform!  He has learned to ride a bike.  He loves to sing (though he won't admit it) and will sing at the top of his lungs when he feels like it (songs that he sings often are - the Transformer's theme song and Army of Helaman and Scripture Power).  He still loves to have a lullaby song before bed (I love that he is still my baby that way!)  He does not like to be called a baby and rarely likes us to give him a nickname anymore and he will hug us but says he doesn't like kisses. He also tells me that I'm his girlfriend! He is learning to share with others and does well most of the time.  He is also showing us how sensitive he is to others around him and he will try very hard to comfort others when needed.  He loves to talk and will sometimes be talking as he goes to sleep and when he wakes he will continue the conversation as if he never slept!  Sean loves anything electronic and is very good at using the computer or ipad or phone.  I am sure soon he will be teaching me things.  He loves books like his mom and we enjoy going to the library together and getting new books to read. He is learning how to help around the house and like any typical kid often asks if he has to help.  Sean has several friends that he likes to play with - Addie, Rome, Joshua, Sawyer, Mattie, Cadence and Lucas.  He is also very much a Daddy's boy! He loves his dad and wants to spend as much time with him as possible.  Whenever there are things to do around the house, he will be right by his dad's side.  He also loves to go into town with him whenver the cars need to be services or whenever there are errands to run.  Those are special Daddy, Sean times.  We are so grateful for him and love his special spirit in our home. We love you Sean! Happy Birthday!

 For Sean's Birthday we blew up balloons and put them in his room to wake up to.  We then let him on a scavenger hunt (I will try to post part of the video here soon) to find his birthday present.

 

Playing with his birthday present - Decepticon Barricade

Sean's showing me how Barricade works.

 

Listening to Grandma Gail and Papa Bill singing Happy Birthday!

 Later in the day, we took Sean and Ryan to Kidzplex along with Sean's friend Joshua to play for his birthday.  Here are some random pictures of them playing.

The ballpit was a hit!

Sean, Joshua and Ryan having a blast in the ballpit.

 

 A few days later, on Saturday we had Sean's Transformer Birthday Party! We had a Transformer Cake, Transformer Hats and played Pin the Autobot Symbol on Bumblebee (a transformer for those who don't know).  Sean was so excited.  This was his first friends birthday party and he could hardly wait for the kids to arrive.  He kept watching out the window and when they finally started arriving, he ran outside to meet them with a transformer hat for them to wear.    We played a couple of games, let the kids watch Transformers (the original cartoon series), opened presents and ate cake and let them play.  At the end, they searched for the Energon Cube (the source of power for transformers) and found goodie bags of candy to take home.  Of course, Sean received many transformers or transformer related items and a Guess Who game, which he loves to play.  Most of all he got to play with all of his friends.  What a fun day!

Table set up

Sean was just as excited to look at his cake as he was for the party.  The cake came with two figures on top - Optimus Prime and Mega Tron.

Everyone at the party: Jocie, Addie, Capri, Rome, Me, Lucas, Sean and Sawyer - not pictured are Daddy, taking the picture and Ryan who fell asleep. We couldn't get Sean to smile for the picture - this was the best of the group ones.

Opening presents

Blowing out the #5 candle.  It took him 2 tries - I think because he was so far away from it!

Opening the energon cube to get their surprise!

Ryan and Daddy enjoying the party - you can see the Bumblebee poster in the background for the Pin the symbol on the Bumblebee game.