Happy 5th Birthday, Brandon!

Carter came over and brought Brandon the best gift ever-construction dress up clothes. So they played all morning and then I packed them up some lunches and put them in bags, just like workers eat on the job. They thought it was so cool. Carter's reflective patches sure picked up the camera's flash.

Nothing says birthday like donuts for breakfast!!

I just can't believe how old he looks in this picture. We had a family party in the evening and he had an attempt at a Spiderman cake. But because we were running short on time, the cake had to be rushed and therefore didn't turn out that good. Oh well, he still thought it was amazing that's what really matters. I just don't get to show off any cool cake pix.

Mr. Hilarious

Brandon and Jordon got some goggles and of course Gideon isn't happy until he gets a chance to hang with the big boys. So with a little help he put these goggles on and left them on for quite awhile. I took a million pictures because he also happened to have just taken off his suit. Unfortunately for you, I'm not going to post any the "full body" shots on the internet, but they are super cute. Maybe someday I'll take the time to blur it out and then post a few!

Brandon tied his shoe

Brandon asked me to tie his shoe this morning. I told him I would as soon as I finished vacuuming. After waiting for a bit, he decided to go ahead and try it himself. And he did it!!!! Way to go B. He's growing up so fast. A few days ago we went to the doctor and he had to get his Kindergarten shots-4 shots total. He was ready for it though. When he walked into the office he asked if he could have his shots first. They've never had somebody ask that before! In fact, they weren't sure how to respond and they ended up distracting him and went ahead with the rest of the check up b/c they weren't sure how he'd respond to the shots and were afraid that he wouldn't allow them to do the rest of the check up. It was pretty fun to see how proud he was to be brave.

And then of course fun to see how he needed some extra snuggle time and attention later in the day because his arms hurt a little bit!!!