I can't believe my baby is 6 years old now, that's 2 hands! His first tooth is about to fall out, and it's giving me the heebee geebees every time he shows it to me. He's riding his brand new bmx bike without training wheels, that huge! Owen has always been a cautious child, unlike his sister Layla, he doesn't climb on things, jump off things, risk hurting himself in anyway. So not having training wheels anymore is a big deal and we're so proud of him!
I was able to attend Owen's birthday celebration at school this year. The Montessori birthday celebration is so neat, the teacher creates a timeline for every year of their life and as she reads about what the he did that year the child walks around the sun to symbolize that year passing. Owen walked around the sun so fast I'm surprised he didn't fall down!
my sweet, beautiful mom
Mrs. S talking about his 5th year
Mrs. S and Mrs T. the BEST teachers, ever... We're going to miss you next year!
blowing out his birthday candle, after they sang a birthday song that brought tears to my eyes... A little child comes down to Earth
Angels watch him day and night
To fill his heart with love and light
Twinkle, twinkle little star today is Owen’s birthday
And your place on the Earth
May you live long and healthy
Happy Birthday to you!!
the best Nonni, ever!
Last year was his last 'birthday party'. So this year we planned to do something low key with just a friend or two. Sunday we invited a couple of friends over to ride bikes, have some cake and ice cream to celebrate Owen's special day.
this is how the day ended... don't know why I uploaded these backwards...
D is the sweetest friend! Silly, sometimes, but sweet all the time!
tired, grumpy birthday boy
with his sweet, encouraging friend....kinda like my friendship with his momma! I'm the tired grumpy one and she's the sweet, encouraging one, lol!
silly silly daddy
hey D!
he's doin' it!
go Owen, go Owen!
and he's off
Owen's buddy A
happy birthday to you! Owen doesn't like cake. I know... so I asked him if he'd like an ice cream cake instead. He told me he liked chocolate cake, my chocolate cake...so I made it. He did not eat not one bite! Stinker!
last day as a 5 year old
this is Layla's I'm going to do it look
I'm going to do it, are you going to try and stop me?
come on mom....
when will they learn that mommy is always right!? lol
swinging with her 'sissy'...which she said for the first time today
Austin is one cool kid
silly silly boy
she was so tired, she went to her room and pulled her blankie out of her crib
Poppi! this is my very favorite picture of the two of them, aside from the one of them when Owen was a few days old
Woo Hoo, money! This is Owen's love language at the moment, the best thing about it is that he doesn't want to spend it, he wants to save it!
there she is again, the best mommy and nonni out there!
sweet dancing girl
first time on his bike
Layla Skywalker
this picture cracks me up! a smorgasbord of expressions here
Wheeee
this is a big deal here, going down head first!
