Perfect Age

I mean this when I say that every age is a perfect age. There is always something at each age that the boys are doing that is 'perfect', but at the moment, they are all at a 'perfect' age. They all can amuse themselves, can be reasoned with and are without 'drama' in the soon to be coming ages. They all have distinctive personalities and are eager learners. Soon, we'll have the 'teenage' drama. So, yes, we are in the 'perfect age'.

OMSI

Yesterday, one of the many (and I do mean MANY) things we did was go to OMSI. The boys had a day off, so we all decided to go to OMSI. I have never taken Oldest, but I have taken the other two. It was a lot of fun. Although, I did lose Youngest (seriously, he was gone for 10 minutes, with three of us searching for him!). Youngest's favorite thing was the rockets. Middle boy loved the vacuum (you use a tv screen to manipulate a vacuum and pick up rubber balls on the other side of the hall). Oldest liked the water area (of course). I am not sure they did a lot of 'learning' but it was great fun.

Youngest's Fifth Birthday

It's so hard to imagine that my little guy is already five. I have been having trouble with my Oldest being in the Fourth Grade (it is after all, UPPER elementary). But, now, it has sunk in that my Littlest Guy is five. Next year, it will be kindergarten and then in one more year, my Oldest will be in Junior High. It's one of those things that you want them to get bigger, but, yet you don't. I still remember Youngest's birthday....Hub had decided he was a girl (we didn't find out). I had no idea.

We had a 'rolling' birthday all weekend long. We took four of his friends to Chuck E. Cheese's for lunch. He had a great time showing his friends around who hadn't been there before. The next day was the 'family party' with Nana, Papa and cousins. Sunday was his actual day and we had our traditional "cupcake' birthday as my other boys like to call it. Finally, the next day, I took in cupcakes for his preschool friends. The theme of this year's festivities was "Spongebob Squarepants". All of the cakes had some form of Spongebob Squarepants.

The theme is intriguing because Youngest doesn't really watch Spongebob (he is afraid of the pirate). So, why he chose Spongebob, I don't know. As you can tell, it went along with his Leapster.

Happy Birthday, Spongebob Stinky Pants and I look forward to many more...