Has it really been 5 years?!?!

It just doesn't seem like Noah should be 5 already. The time has flown by and I'm just not ready for him to be this old yet! I guess I have to accept it eventually... but for now I'm going to pretend it just isn't true. ;)

The birthday boy had a good day. We had our traditional "mom & birthday boy" breakfast, just me & Noah early this morning, then we talked on the phone with Grammy & Papa so they could wish him a Happy Birthday. We had one rough pillow fight (I lost!) and watched about 2 hours of mind-numbing cartoons. Lunch was the usual peanut butter sandwiches... his choice! Then it was time to get our cook on!!

My little chef helped make his own birthday cake! He certainly enjoys using the kitchen gadgets. I think the electric mixer is his new favorite! We had loads of fun with the decorating spray color for the cake! That stuff goes EVERYWHERE!! Noah wanted to try all of the tips to the decorating tube. We have flowers, leaves, some basket weave & something that is supposed to be a star but didn't turn out all that great... all on one cake! I think it officially got out of control when he got the sprinkles!!! And his masterpiece: After hearing "Can we have cake now?!" a bazillion times throughout the afternoon, it was finally time! We brought out the cake as soon as dinner was done. Noah reminded us all that we had to sing to him before the cake was even on the table!

And then it was time for presents! Legos from Mom & Dad... (not sure WHAT we were thinking... 550 tiny little pieces!), a book with cars & a road mat from Grammy & Papa in Florida, Transformers from the brothers and a ClickStart keyboard game from Grandma in Ohio. I love how excited he was with every present! He had to play with it all... and I'm not sure when... or if... we'll ever go to bed tonight!