RJ's Birthday

So my little guy is five. I can't believe it. RJ was so excited to turn five, he can't wait till kindergarten starts. In fact he thought he would be starting kindergarten as soon as he turned five and said good-bye to all his friends at preschool. He was a little disappointed when I told him that he had to wait till Summer was over.

RJ's actually birthday was Friday but we weren't planning to celebrate until Saturday. Jared was in TN last week and got home Friday afternoon and Papa Wight was driving up from CA and wasn't planning on making it in till Saturday. So I tired to make RJ's actually birthday special as well. He got to pick out what we ate for every meal. Breakfast was pancakes and I made him a number five pancake which he was really excited about. For lunch we went to McDonald's, of course. And then for Dinner we had Hot Dog twists and Apple Sauce. What a healthy day! I guess birthday's aren't supposed to be healthy.
We let RJ open two presents and got an Indiana Jones hat and whip and a Star Wars Lego set. He was so excited about the hat and whip he posed like Indiana for these pictures. He is such a character.

After dinner He and Daddy spent the evening putting his new Lego set together. RJ did most of it by himself. He is getting really good at following directions and building things.

Saturday we went to Blast Off with a Hand full of friends to celebrate. The kids all had a blast. It was very busy there, being a cold winter Saturday but we had fun. After about an hour of play the kids came to the table for a pizza snack followed by cake and ice cream.

So you know me, I like to get creative and fun with my kid's birthday cakes. This year RJ requested an Indiana Jones Cupcake Cake. So here is what Jared and I created.

After cake came presents. RJ got a lot of fun gifts.

But his favorite came from Papa Wight, an Indiana Jones jacket and real bull whip! What a spoiled kid!

After the party and all the friends went home, RJ, Grandpa, & Jared played a round of mini golf followed by some arcade fun. On our way out the birthday boy got to go in the Birthday balloon blast where he had to catch as many balloons as he could for some fun coupons and prizes.

RJ certainly had a fun birthday! I told him he could grow up anymore. I can handle five but I don't think I like the idea of him getting much older. I wish there was some way to freeze time. Let me know if anyone knows how to do this!