Another Year Older

It is nice having both of my kids birthdays literally a month a part, but a little stressful as well. I don't know how moms do it who have kids birthdays in December. I guess you get everything done in one full swoop.

Here are a few highlights from Emmets 6th Birthday. Emmet's last night as a five year old ended in such an odd and curious way. He comes into my bedroom dressed in what he calls his "army gear"!

All I could do was laugh. He loved his little getup and was determined to sleep in it. What shocked me is he could fall asleep boots and all.


I did eventually take the boots and hat off.

On the morning of Emmet's birthday I am awakened by Emmet's whisperings in my ear, "Mom, mom it's my birthday where are my presents? Can I open them right now?" He is a very persuasive child and an hour later he was opening the three gifts Emery and I got him. He headed off to school and his teacher invited me to come spend the morning in the classroom with him. I was excited to go spend time with him and thankful my mom was in town to watch Emery.

Emmet came home to more surprises. Grandma Kathy and Emery had hidden a few more gifts around the house. Emmet loved "hunting" for his presents. He blew out his candles at Outback. It's his favorite restaurant because he loves the bread. When he was little I got him to try the bread because it was the "Wiggles" Restaurant and he still calls the bread Austrailan bread! We ate dinner with Nanny and Papa Hawkins. Emmet shares a birthday with Papa and it's fun to do something together on their birthdays.

Nanny and Papa gave Emmet a gigantic lego star wars cruiser. It had 1170 pieces. We laid out a white sheet on our family room floor and for the duration of conference I put together this fun lego. It took almost 6 hours. We did separate the pieces into piles by color and that really helped. I finished it Sunday morning.




The ship stayed in tack for almost an hour. As you know the kids want to play with the lego structure even though it falls apart and breaks quite easily. Well the bottom broke and I began fixing it and couldn't. I told Emmet okay I'm getting frustrated with this and then more broke. Well in what may be my proudest moment in mothering I broke the rest, picked up the pieces stuck them all in the box with instructions and stuck it in Emmet's room. He just stared at me. He didn't cry I think he was shocked. I told him when he was older, he could build it and that was that. He hasn't mentioned it since.

He had a great birthday. He's getting taller all the time. I fear he will be taller than before I know it.