Today is Diego's 6th birthday! I can't believe 6 years ago (at 9pm AZ time) he was born! I think that once our kids pass age 5 they just aren't little anymore. It's bittersweet because I hate the thought of my firstborn child growing up so fast, but I'm excited that he is going to experience so many new things this year as a 6 yr old. We have tried for over a year to persuade him into wanting a bike, but he just kept saying no way. We decided to take another approach...force him to want one! It worked! He LOVES his bike & Delaney gets to ride her Dora tricycle right behind him while I walk as fast as I can to keep up with both of them. It's a win/win situation as they are getting exercise & loving to be outdoors and my flabby butt is getting a workout as well. Amen!
The hard part about Diego having his birthday at this time is that we struggle with throwing a big party since it's so close to Christmas...27 hours before the holiday, to be exact. We always said we wouldn't short him a party ever, but it's hard to get everyone together when a lot of people leave town, school is on winter break, etc. So, we do our very best to give him the special day he deserves and let him decide how he wants to spend it. This year he chose to spend the WHOLE day at Amazing Jakes with his cousin Anthony. Then, we met afterwards w/the grandparents for ice cream cake (a tradition we started over a year ago in NC) and gift opening. Diego had a great day that will be memorable to our family forever, that's all that matters!
Tonight, we will spend his actual birthday at Peter Piper Pizza with just our little family playing games & eating our favorite food, pizza! I saved a gift for him to open (Star Wars action figure) that he already knows he's getting at some point since he saw it in the shopping cart the day I bought it. Oh well, he thinks he's getting it for Christmas so I still win 'cuz he'll be surprised to be getting it today. It's the surprise & excite factor us parents really care about, right?
So, as this day will come to an end soon and before I know it we'll be celebrating his 7th birthday, I'm going to take this chance to blog about how proud I am of this amazing son I have. I am so blessed that he was born my son and although he was born 4 weeks early, he was healthy, happy and he was mine! I love you, Diego!
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Happy birthday Diego!!!!!!!!! Yeah...I LOVE your blog, it's SO cute!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to get better about journaling what the kids say day to day....it is too funny, huh? I had so much fun seeing you and YES hopefully next time we will have more time without any HOLIDAYS going on!!!!!!!!! Geez......where does the time go?
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