Happy 5th Birthday Micah

Micah got to start celebrating his birthday very early this year - way back in mid-May.  He and Maddie had a joint party so he got a head start.  Here are some pictures from their party:

Listening to the lifeguard give the safety speech

The birthday party was wild, crazy, chaotic, and (I hope) lots of fun for Micah.  He had many friends from church and his preschool so he certainly had lots of people to enjoy the pool with!

Next Micah got to enjoy his family party.  We had originally planned on having his party on the weekend before his birthday but Maddie had a softball tournament that weekend.  We nearly decided to go ahead and squeeze the party in between games, but I'm so glad we didn't because bad weather left the game times very unpredictable.  We ended up having his party on Monday the 4th, the day before his birthday.  We had pizza, presents, and cake!  Here are the pictures from the family party:


Close-up of the cake

What does this say?

This is the toy he has been longing for, a landfill.  Yes, a landfill.  Micah has an obsession with garbage trucks.

Playing with the landfill.

I think that Micah had a great 5th birthday party.  He got tons of great toys that should help keep him busy all summer long!

The day after his family party was his actual birthday.  In our family, we have a tradition that whoever has a birthday chooses what is for dinner.  However, Micah and Uncle G share a birthday and Mimi and Papa were cooking hamburgers for Uncle G's birthday.  So we told Micah he could choose the restaurant or that he could choose to go to Mimi and Papa's to eat burgers and swim.  Predictably, he wanted to swim so we headed to their house for dinner and swimming.  Before all this though, he got a special birthday trip to the mall because the Neff's were in town and we went to hang out with them for a while.  We enjoyed lunch at Chick-fil-A, time at the play ground, and a carousel ride.  Here is a picture of the birthday cutie on the carousel.

Another year has come and gone and our Micah is now 5 years old.  He will start Pre-K in the fall.  You are growing up, little Micah!  Your sweet smile makes me smile!