I have a 5 year old

It doesn't seem possible

but some how it happened

I know I am way too young 

to be the mommy to a 5 year old

but I am

What can I say

I started early

We were in DisneyLand

for Connor's big day

We chose not to emphasize that

I didn't want every kid thinking 

a huge vacation is their gift

But he did find that pretty special

but he refused to wear his birthday button at DL

Back home the gifts from family rolled in almost daily

And of course

in true Connor style

they had to be opened immediately

While he found this gift fun

from Aunt Sissy

he wished it had been

"lego-y"

no worries sissy

he still loved it

We had a family birthday breakfast

pancakes of course

with candles and singing

so he could open our gift

The LEGO police station

783 pieces

took about 8 hours total

but this 5 year old

completed the work

ALL 

BY

HIMSELF

pretty impressive

can't you tell from his stressed out face?

I had big plans 

for the big party

It didn't quite work out the way I  envisioned 

but it was good

The invitation was my favorite part

This is the back

does it look like a LEGO brick?

And the front

Connor's LEGO men

he made them all

We had 3 games planned

1-building LEGO towers

2-guess how many LEGOS in the bucket

3-LEGO hunt

So it didn't really work out as planned

The boys ran and played

Everyone was really up for the LEGO hunt though

so....

1 out of 3

not too bad

pizza was a hit

no shocker there

cupcakes

that didn't turn out like the LEGO bricks they were suppose to be

but Con loved them anyway

(I never claimed to be Betty Crocker)

and presents

I went back and forth on having the party

in OK or TX

I was very fearful we would not have enough

OK peeps

but we pushed forward 

trying to still settle in to this new state and all

and I am soooooo glad we did

The turn out was terrific

I felt really at home

I finally felt like maybe we might make here

It was great

watching Connor smile made it all worth while

Mother nature was very kind to us that evening

Not too hot

and we haven't had rain in weeks

We had neighbors

and classmates

and swim lesson friends

siblings too

And 1 very important best buddy

straight up from Plano

BEN

who got to spend the night

the perfect ending to the perfect 5th birthday party

We are so grateful for our friends

the old ones 

and

the new ones

who helped Connor celebrate his BIG day

And he is already planning his next one

well the gift list anyway

the theme will change

6,478 times between now and then

Colton is thoroughly confused about his birthday now

Poor middle child has never had a party

and his day is 2 days after Christmas

thinking of having a special party for him in October

how will that confuse him?

and I will try will all my might

not to have a birthday party 2 weeks after the actual day again

Connor thought it was his day the entire time

every day he wanted to pick his breakfast

or where we got to go

or wanted to go buy a special toy

I got over that real quick

And a very important announcement

there is only 1 soccer game left

thank goodness

we gave it 2 tries

we are done with soccer

for Con anyway

and yes

now that he is 5

his name is

CON

not 

connor

he even wrote a note to his teacher

he wanted to make sure she understood the new rules