Crew's Birthday and Then Some...

Can you believe my Crew is 5? Yes, it is true. Crew's birthday was January 10th and choose to celebrate all week long. We started the festivities by going for a little family hike at the Santa Rosa Plateau just 20 minutes from here. Really, I don't know why we don't do things like this more often. The boys LOVED it and it was so wonderful to be outside enjoying a beautiful day.

After hiking we got kind of cleaned up and took Crew bowling with his friend Tavin for more celebrating. (We've decided to only do parties on the even years now. The odd years are a fun activity with a friend). Crew and Tavin are pretty good little buds and they had a blast bowling.

Monday I took the boys down to Sea World for the day. We picked up my nephew Parker on the way down and had a really fantastic day. All the animals seemed to be putting on a show for Crew's special day!

Sadly, I didn't really get any great pictures of the three boys all day (Probably because there was only one mom!) But they were so good and it was so much fun to have Parker boy there with us. Tuesday was his actual birthday. Crew was up early and insisted on opening presents first thing. Love his little swollen morning face.

Tuesday was also his first day back at school. More reasons to celebrate! And finally, Crew chose birthday cupcakes: Chocolate cake, chocolate frosting and M&Ms on top! It was a wonderful day. We sure love this boy and can't believe how fast he is growing up! A few pics I never posted from December... Gingerbread House making of course (Crew's favorite)

And Crew was a Christmas ornament for his preschool program. He was so cute! And true to Graham's style, he wanted a piece of the spotlight.