Thomas' 6th Birthday!

Today, Thomas turned six. It's so hard to believe! We started our day about a half-hour earlier than usual so that he could open all of his birthday gifts. He got lots of Legos, a new Nintendo DS game, puzzles, a book, a new water thermos, new clothes, new snow boots, puzzles, games, markers and a new bike! Yes, he got spoiled. Even when we "try" not to spoil him, the end result is pretty much the same!

At his school, he shared his birthday with another classmate, named Calvin. Thomas turned out to be the "older" of the two since he was born in the early morning and Calvin was born in the evening. I got to send cupcakes to school, REAL cupcakes, not store-bought pre-wrapped treats! It also happened to be the day of the first school assembly that Thomas would participate in. Although, this one was a pretty casual, low-key one. The "big" one is in December. I didn't know about this first assembly until a week before and had already committed to something that I then had to get out of. I was glad I did, though, because Thomas kept looking back the entire time to see if I was watching. They also recognized all the kids that had had birthdays in August, September and October.

When I came to pick up Thomas from school later on in the day, he was beaming. He was wearing a special birthday hat with bright feathers all over it and I could just tell that his teacher must have made both Thomas and Calvin feel very special all day long.

When we got home, his friends C & J came over and asked him to go to the park. Which eventually lead to C coming over to our house to play. James surprised us all by coming home early (5 PM) and I was so glad! Even though I was trying to keep the evening really casual, I was still rushing around like crazy and I was glad to have him there to help, which he did, a lot! We had pizza for dinner and then had C & J's family over along with another family for cupcakes & ice cream. I surprised Thomas and everyone with trick candles this year! They stayed until almost 11 PM. It was a great birthday.

Until later,

Emily

(Here are more pictures!)

His class just finished their Unit of Inquiry about water. During the assembly, they were pretending to be in boats and swinging on the ropes to get past the alligators in the water.

This is when they were recognizing the kids that had had birthdays over the past three months.

The cute blonde (adult) girl is his teacher, Natalie. (Which, if you are wondering, yes they do go by their first names!)