Yesterday was Sawyer's 5th birthday, and I can't believe that he is already five! It truly is incredible how quickly the time passes! We spent the morning relaxing at home, and Sawyer opened up his presents from us. I got him the book It's Hard to be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel. Apparently they have this book at his school, and he's been telling me for months that he wanted to get it when he turns five. Your wish is my command, little guy (it helps that Amazon has it for 60% off right now too!)!
Sutton chose a really pretty slice of amethyst geode for Sawyer (amethyst is February's birthstone), and it's now happily resting on our winter nature table. Sutton says that he can't wait for his birthday now so he can get his own birthstone too...too bad April's birthstone is diamonds! I think he may end up with a more budget-friendly rainbow-making crystal prism instead :)
As soon as he picked up his present from Daddy he recognized the familiar sound of Legos!
He got a Lego Space Police set from Mitch and two smaller sets from Sutton and Simon. He couldn't have been happier! (A quick note for the frugal and budget minded...about a week before Christmas Amazon always does an incredible toy markdown, usually too late to arrive for Christmas gift giving, but perfect to save for upcoming birthdays. I got three sets of Legos for under $20 total - they normally would have cost $50!)
Simon couldn't get enough of the shiny purple mylar that Sutton had used to wrap his gift. The crinkly crunchy sound was soooo amusing and entertaining to him!
After lunch we went to Gigi & Granddad's house for birthday cake and even more presents! What a lucky kid! Aunt Debby made Sawyer a special cake with Hot Wheels cars on top, and the boys and Stella were thrilled when she let them take the cars off the cake and lick all the frosting off of them!
Grandma Ardy was there too, snuggling her two newest great-grandbabies, Zane and Simon.
The boys always love hanging out with Great-Grandpa, aka "Mean Gene."
Can you tell how completely excited and thrilled he was to open more presents? ;) These walkie talkies were a HUGE hit (thanks Gigi and Granddad!).
Aunt Debby gave him $5 for his 5th birthday (she also got him a really cool monster truck, but I somehow missed taking a picture of it, oops!). Aunt Krista's boyfriend, Frankie, also gave him $5, so he's been scouring the Lego website this morning and planning which new feat of engineering he'd like to attempt next. :)
Time to blow out the candles! Make a wish! (I bet it has something to do with more Legos LOL!)
After we came back home, Sutton carefully tied all of Sawyer's balloons to Simon's playmat for him...
This little guy LOVES balloons :)
Sawyer had a fantastic birthday! Thank you SO much to everyone for decorating everything so nicely, baking yummy cakes and gifting my big boy with such wonderful fun things. It is all very much appreciated! XOXO
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