Grayson is FIVE!

Its Birthday season in the our house! Five just seems so old. For you Grayson, 5 means Kindergarten, which won't happen until fall but it still seems way to close for me. You have become so independent in many ways, and your even excited to go to Kindergarten, which of course, makes me happy but also hurts my heart a little. Sending another child off to school seems unreal and I am just not ready. You have also decided that your going to give up "D" most of the time. I cannot believe this one. That Blankie has followed you for FIVE years and now your dissing it, just another sign of you growing up. Along with growing up, you are testing your boundaries and your voice ALOT lately. Its been a struggle to say the least. We are muddling through it all. I am learning new ways to help you cope when you get angry. Right now you like to hit, kick, and scream. Somehow, even though we have some pretty rotten days where I would just like to start over, you are just so amazing. I love all of you, even all of those spunky, fireball moments!

This year you have a new love for Lego's and mommy and daddy love putting them together with you....sometimes we even try to take over because we are having so much fun. You stop that abruptly though! This year you have mastered writing your name. I was so worried for the longest time because any time I would attempt to teach you to write letters, you would sit for about 1 min and then say "this is boring", and "this is too hard" Lo and behold, one day you just did it! And you keep doing it. I'm so proud! You have a new love for preschool but a new dislike for daycare. You protest each and every morning that you have to go. You have even faked illness so you could stay in bed all day with mommy and play the iPad. (Don't forget when your older and reading this, that I worked 3 nights a week as a nurse and slept during the day....I wasn't just sleeping all day for no reason! lol)

You still want to be a fireman when you grow up, your best friend and worst enemy is Brock. You two love and fight like brothers. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is your "thing" right now and your mighty ninja moves are quite fantastic. Exploring in the woods and riding bikes makes you the happiest.

This year for your birthday you chose Kalahari and we invited Brock and Brayden along. It was so much fun! We had to leave Grant behind at nana and papa's because you were FINALLY tall enough to do most of the slides and mommy and daddy didn't dare miss this opportunity to ride them with you. We had a blast and I secretly hope that we do this again for your 6th Birthday. I love you to the moon and back son!