Today my first born is 6!!

I can hardly believe that this little boy is 6 today!! Where did the time go! He's such a sweet boy and handsome!

He was so excited when he woke up this morning. As he was coming downstairs to eat breakfast, he asked me, "Mom, do you know what today is?" Of course, I do, "what is today?" "Today is my birthday, I am 6 years old, and I am so excited!" He has been talking about this day for months!! To be young and be excited about your birthday! We had balloons for him at the table and he just kept thanking us for them. "I love them! Thanks Mom and Dad!" See how sweet he is!!! He took cupcakes to school to share with his friends and he invited every single one to his birthday party tomorrow! Thankfully, we aren't entertaining them all! :)

He hasn't opened any presents yet though. (He is actually on his way home from school as I type.) So he will open them shortly. When he gets home, he will have a huge surprise waiting for him in his room...we surprised him with a violin. He has asked for a violin and lesson, now we just have to find a teacher! We found a good violin on ebay and it was pretty inexpensive.

Last year, I write of post of the day he was born.

Happy Birthday Riley!! You are loved very much!!!!

No turning back now

As I type, it is 8:40 and exactly an hour ago we were in car pool getting ready to drop off my firstborn for his first day of kindergarten!!! He came down for breakfast ready to go...dressed and all!!!

Picture of Riley and Grant before leaving for school (I think he wanted to bring his Bible to school with him.)

A picture before getting in the car

Waiting in carpool line for the dreaded drop off. Jeff is taping him and Riley keeps looking at me since the tears started to flow!

The dreaded drop off!!!

I am excited to hear how his day went and how he liked the bus ride home!! Hugs to all you mommas who are sending your kids off to school today!!!

Riley and His Chicks

Ok..here are some pictures of Riley and his chicks for his birthday party....

Riley and Addy....

Riley and Rylee....at school, they are in the same class and are affectionately know as Riley-boy and Rylee - girl.

When she was leaving, she turned around and gave Riley a hug and then they kissed each other on the cheek. Jenny (her mom) and I were laughing.....Rylee then turned around and said, "Bye, Sweetie" and Riley replied in kind, "Bye, Sweetie Pie."

Riley and Mattie...

Mattie told her mom, Kim, that she was going to marry him. :) Notice the face on Riley and how they are hugging each other....I may be in trouble! ;)

Riley and McKenna....

When they saw each other, they gave each other a huge hug....it was so sweet.

During the party, they all said they wanted to marry Riley....

Hope you enjoyed pictures of my little guy and his chicks!

My Little Boy is growing up!!!!

Today was a busy day for us!!

This morning we celebrated Riley's 5th birthday at Monkey Joe's with some of his buds!! Yes, my little guy is going to be 5 on Thursday...I cannot believe it! Jeff and I have been looking into registration stuff for the Fall and we register for Kindergarten at the end of April. I have mixed feelings about the whole idea of my first born going to Kindergarten....anywho... some pictures of the fun that was had!

Riley and his fellow party-ers....can you tell what kind of day we're having with Grant?!?! We were also missing R's buddy, Thomas. Notice that Riley is surrounded by girls...we nicknamed them his chicks....they all said that they want to marry him! :) And I am not opposed to any of them marrying my son.....I am all for arranged marriages with families I know! We took individual pictures of him with his chicks and they came out adorable.....

I tried to post some pictures of Riley and his girls but I can't rotate them!! I will try tomorrow...maybe. :)

Riley's cake...a Madagascar cake...

Here is Riley blowing out his candles....try not to pay to much attention to the movement of the camera, I was trying to tame some of the drama in the background...also notice the faces of Riley and his freinds regarding the drama...

After Riley's party, we went to another party for another friend!!! So ladies and gents (if there are any that read this), I am officially all partied out!

Have a great night!