Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: Joshua's 5th b-day

Happy 5th b-day Joshua,

You are the one who first made me a mom. You are the perfect first born child. So mature, dependable and helpful.

You are an incredibly bright child. You love to learn and it comes so easy to you. You are so curious. One of the things that impresses us most about your learning style is the way your infer things and figure out the correct answer based on existing knowledge. Amazing!

You are mature and wise beyond your years. You are trust worthy and have a lot of privileges because of this. You are a big help and always come through when I need you the most.

You are witty and clever always coming up with ingenious ideas.

Right now you like to build and create, you like dinosaurs, going on snake hunts, math, writing in notebooks, being read to, swimming, sweets, and wrestling. Your favorite shows are Wild Kratts, Curious George, Magic School Bus, Lion Guard, but you always happily watch the shows Kayla watches too.

God has great big plans for you and we are loving watching them unfold right before our eyes.

We love you Flash!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

Sweet Kayla decorating his present with stickers.

A few days before his b-day we took him to Panera where he gets what he calls, "the yummy mac and cheese."

So excited about his bag of quarters. He has been collecting and saving quarters.

So excited to get a bag of quarters.

Then we met Omah, Papa, Aunt Anna, Uncle Andrew, Mimi and Aunt Sydney a Smart Cow for dessert. Kayla was so sweet watching him open his presents. She would say stuff like, "Oh cool Joshua. I like that."

When we got home he counted all his quarters and said, "I have 41, no

45 because of this dollar." Math whiz!

The morning of his b-day we had b-day pancakes with sprinkles of course.

Opening presents from Mom and Dad.

Dinosaurs...which he also happened to get from pretty

much all his friends too. They know him well.

Late afternoon Joshua's friends came over for pizza and a movie night. All the kids wore their pj's and brought their sleeping bags. Joshua was so excited for this party for such a long time.

Levi testing out Jacklyn's sleeping bag.

Joshua's dinosaur cake, as requested.

Picture taken by a 6 year old ;)

Shortly after singing happy b-day Kayla went up to Daniel with part of the candle in her mouth which she took a bite of. As I was looking through the b-day pictures I saw the progression. Look closely at Kayla in these next few pictures.