Craig is SIX!

My middle child is six, which suddenly seems to put him solidly in the "kid" category and so very grown up.

This is, of course, accentuated by the fact that he's at school all day long!


Craig had been looking forward to being six for a while,

Birthday boy at breakfast!

and was most excited about opening presents.

He got lots of things he absolutely loved, including jungle Lego,

Ultimate Bug-opedia (he's been begging for that for a while), a mini basketball hoop,

and the game of Sorry!.


Craig also asked for, and received, a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.

And sprinkles!

Apparently, Craig was eager to make sure he was the one to blow out the candle.

I'm not quite sure where that came from - did someone else blow out his candle last year? - but he definitely got the job done.

And the birthday boy thought it was pretty tasty.


Craig also begged to have a birthday party this year, I decided we could do that.

I'm all about the low-key party, so we had lots of friends,

Balloons,

Hula hoops,

Silliness,

And even a pinata!

Craig loved having his friends over most of all, so I'm glad we did it.

Even if it was exhausting.

I'm so happy to have this awesome six-year-old!

Happy Birthday, Craig!