I now have a FIVE year old..

Five years ago today, I became a mother.. I had no clue what I was doing! All I knew is that I had been blessed with this tiny little miracle that I loved (and still do) with my entire self!

I pretty much raised Curt alone his first 9  months of life. Brett worked seconds shift, so he worked when we were asleep and slept when we were awake.(yuck, so thankful we don’t do that any more)

I woke Curt up this morning with a banana nut muffing and a candle.. I then took him and his birthday treats to Grandma Carol so that Papa Hank could take him to school, and I would go to work. After work the four of us went out to eat to celebrate Curtis!

Curtis chose Carlos O’ Kellys

We then picked up Curt’s cake and headed to youth group. Where we played kickball..

and had cake before our worship/learning/praying time! After we sang, Ted flipped Curt over for a round of B-Day spankings (even though no one was really fast enough to get one in)

After youth this is how I found my pretty princess!!

Once again we made the right call in changing Cadence into pajamas before leaving youth group!!

**I am very thankful to be Curtis’ mom! Happy 5th Birthday Curtis**

Turning FIVE!

Wednesday September 7, 2011 my sweet little man will turn FIVE! It is hard to believe that he is that big already. After a miscarriage prior to having Curtis I earnestly prayed for this young man. God was so faithful to us, and Curt has been such a blessing to our family!

** We decided to forgo a big birthday party and take Curt to the T-Rex Café in Kansas City, his FAVORITE place** However it was a blessing to us that what started out as a small family trip turned into a pretty good number of our family traveling up to Kansas City.

Curtis and Cadence on our way to Kansas City!

This is only the second time my children have spent the night in a hotel (well the third if you count when Kristin graduated with her masters, but they were both VERY little and don’t remember).. so everything is a hotel is *super exciting* to these two! And I do mean EVERYTHING!!

We were lucky enough to get a coupon through traveling with my In-Laws to stay at Argosy for $59.00!! (this same room is normally $250) However the rest of my family stayed a few miles away, at a hotel with a pool! So we went to their hotel to swim...

After swimming we went back to our room so Curt and Cadie could play in Argosy’s *wonderful showers* (seriously these showers are the size of my kitchen, almost)

Some new Dinosaur pajamas, and then Kristin and the kids came to our room for a PJ party! (that ended when everyone got tired )

Curtis and Cadie did wonderful falling asleep.. about 5:30 am. I heard Cadie crying Mommy, and found her by the door crying! I guess she had woken up and forgotten where we were. However, I snuggled up in bed with her and she went right back to sleep, until 9:00 (I CAN’T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SLEPT UNTIL NINE)

*FINALLY* it was time to go to the T-Rex Café!

The staff there was wonderful!! The kids got to build a dinosaur...

dig for dinosaur fossils...

and finally EAT and presents!!

They of course came out and say their dinosaur birthday song to him, which ended with a ROAR!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY my sweet little man! We had a wonderful trip, I am blessed that so many of our family offered to drive to Kansas City to celebrate with him.

This is just because I love my Grandma SO VERY MUCH!

By George, I think we found it!

... the sport that Curtis is any good at! Not to sound like a bad parent, because I love Curt with my entire heart..BUT he has little to no natural sport ability! We have tried t-ball and basketball, Curt wasn’t much of a fan of either!! We of course made his stick it out and finish but he was not a happy camper. So when he asked us if he could play soccer, I almost said NO!!

Tonight was Curt’s first practice. We decided to play at the South Y so that Curt could be on the same team as Jacob (who wasn’t at practice tonight, because they are out of town). Of course wherever Curt goes Luke isn’t normally far behind =) So we are excited to see the three boys play together this year.

He was a little apprehensive in the beginning (wonder where he would get that from?!?!)

But he seemed to pick it up right away.

He is excited for next Friday’s practice, and they already have a game next Saturday?!?! His only question was, "I thought I wasn’t supposed to steal things from other people?" =) You will be glad to know that we did set him straight on when to steal and not to!! AND in this case, stealing the ball is a good thing!!