{William's 5th Birthday}

Everybody's been looking forward to this day. We have a big surprise planned out for the birthday boy. William has it in his mind that when you are five, you are just so much bigger. My favorite moment from the day...William woke up, jumped out of bed and came running to our full body mirror. He stared at himself head to toe and said, "I'm FIVE!" It was so cute.

The big surprise of the day...he got a bunch of Skylander giants from us and he got to play the game the whole day. He LOVES Skylander! The giants are a new feature. He thought that they were not out yet. We purposely have not been taking him to the store so he'll continue to that they are not available.  He was really surprised when he got his presents. I love how touched he was on how big deal the day was for all of us. We sang him the happy birthday song and he got big kisses from Mommy, Daddy and Samantha.

He had his 5th yr check up scheduled that morning,  after that he has the whole day to play his new video game. I've been working hurricane duty for work and almost didn't make it to his appointment. Luckily, his appointment was running behind and I was able to make it in just in time. He did real well and was very talkative. Dr. Segal just had a huge smile and was really impressed on how smart he is!
Stats from his check up.

Height. 42" (32%)
Weight. 39 lbs 3 oz (40%)

At five, he's really learning so much. He can basically do basic math. He is really interested. He was telling me the other day that there are a couple of ways to add numbers for 6....2+4; 3+3; 5+1. Of course, Mom had to challenge him and said that there's one more way that he needs to put in the list, 0+6.  Hope he excel in math. Both Ed and I are sort of Math smarties :)

He's really doing well reading. He probably knows about  40-50 sight words. Another noticeable change, he's slowly becoming so independent with chores, wants and believes.  He's no longer a baby and I am hanging on to every moment of him wanting to snuggle with us. I love my Halloween baby!

Taking a lil brake from playing video game and catching some fresh air with lil sister.

He decided last minute that he wanted to see his classmate's costumes. We dressed them up in their costume and made it in time to William's class Halloween party. So sweet coz all the kids were excited to see him and sang "happy birthday" to him.

A great day for the birthday boy that will end with an awesome trick or treating around our neighborhood later on that night.