Owen turns 5

As if I thought Owen couldn't get any sweeter, the moment he turned 5 he has been sweeter than ever!  We had a rough patch right before Owen's birthday where he reverted back to the three year old tantrums.  It had me very worried but luckily I think it was only a phase.  I should know this by now but with my oldest child I seem to take his behaviors so much more seriously thinking they will never end.  He is my trial and error child, sorry Owen but you are helping me learn how to be a mother.  We had a nice long birthday week, celebrating for days on end.

First we had our birthday breakfast (yes we celebrated Grayson's birthday on the same day as Owen's.  I thought it would be confusing to him because their birthdays are so close and everyone was coming in to celebrate that weekend)...

Then we had a visit from Max and Luke.  They were on fall break and came to see us during the week.  As always, we had a great time...

If you didn't know, my birthday is the day after Owen's so we went to a ladies only dinner to celebrate that...

The Majors family had to leave to get back for a weekend of soccer games.  After they left the Drapp family came in for the weekend.  We had so much fun taking them to one of our favorite places...Connor Prairie...

The following day it was time for the big Batman vs. Superman birthday party.  We rented a room at the Monon Center indoor water park.  What was nice about this is that they provided a cakes and an employee who helped move the party along.  I really felt like I didn't have to do too much, which was exactly what I was going for this year...

 It happened to be a busy day in Carmel too, it was the last day of soccer games and the Colts vs. Bears game so we were missing several of our friends but we still had a great turnout....

It was a busy and family filled week, which was so much fun for all of us!  I have to say I was ready for a nap after it was all over.

The next day this little cutie wrote me a note, yes it is written backwards but something I will always cherish.  He loves his mama...

 He leaned over to me at church the Sunday after his birthday and said "I'm going to pray for you mommy because I love you".  I am so thankful for him!

Every year I ask the boys a set of questions (beginning at their third birthday).  Here are the Owen's answers...

1.  What is your favorite color?  - Orange and green 
2.  What is your favorite toy?  - Batman (same as last year)
3.  What is your favorite movie?  - The Lego movie (same as last year)
4.  What is your favorite thing to wear?  - Soccer clothes
5.  What is your favorite animal?  - Tiger and a shark
6.  What is your favorite book?  - Pop up dictionary books
7.  Who are your best friends?  - Carter
8.  What is your favorite snack?  - Oranges
9.  What is your favorite fruit?  - Strawberries (same as last year)
10.  What is your favorite lunch?  - Chicken nuggets and french fries
11.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  - Chef
12.  What do you sleep with at night?  - Knuffle bunny and other baby
13.  What scares you?  - the dark
14.  What makes you proud?  - "That I have golden stuff"
15.  What do you like to do with mommy and daddy?  - Go on a hayride
16.  What do you do really well?  - Play with Grayson
17. What makes you sad?  - When I get hurt
18.  What did you dream about last night?  - "I dreamed mommy ran away from me" - this has been a common dream lately that I am going away or something happens to me
19.  What makes you happy?  - "when my tooth falls out and I put it under my pillow" - not sure where this came from

Here are some interesting facts about our 5 year old...

1.  He loves telling jokes and luckily he has a good memory because he will remember jokes we told him months ago and can recite them perfectly.  This usually makes us laugh, not because of the content but because he told the joke on point.
2.  Owen no longer naps but he does have one hour of quiet time every afternoon while Grayson takes a nap.  
3.  Owen loves to play with legos, he is actually an amazing master builder!  He can follow the directions for any 5-12 year old box of legos without any help and puts it together perfectly.  He will also spend hours in his room taking apart old legos and creating his own lego cities.
4.  Owen goes to preschool three mornings a week.  Although I know he loves it once he is there, he never wants wants to go and requests to just stay home.  He will have a rude awakening next year when he goes to kindergarten all day 5 days a week.
5.  Owen can ride his own bike which he has been able to do since last summer but now he can ride a long distance.  He rode 5 miles round trip one evening.  2.5 miles to go to dinner and 2.5 miles to come home.  We were all shocked and expecting to have to call in back up to come and get him if he couldn't finish it.