Our boy is 6!

How did time go by so quickly with this boy?  We can't believe he's already 6!  He sure knows how to celebrate and made some very specific plans accordingly. 

 He had a great preschool day being the star.

 Requested cinnamon rolls and pears for his birthday breakfast.

Had an incredible uncle take him out for ice cream and a visit to a pet store to dream about all the pets he'll get when his mean mother gives in.

Went to Chuck E. Cheese (or Jackie Cheese as Josie likes to say) and played a lot of games with his fun sisters.

We then had a really fun Amazing Race birthday party.  He came up with most of the challenges insisting on one where you had to eat cold soup.  We thought he'd give this one to his team mate Brady, but he sacrificed for the race.

Here they are skateboarding to the corner and back.  He invited his friend Jayce who was on their team too. His other favorite part of the race was having to drink root beer and burp two times.  Justin made an excellent Phil to check them in at the end.

But, the girls took the 1st prize.  Rachel made Bridget's day when she said, "Mom that race was so hard core!"  Everyone had a lot of fun.

 Suzy and Josie brought up the end and our cute Josie did a great job on the challenges.

 Ian requested some Rachel-made cupcakes (in the shape of an I).

 And a great pirate pinata from Nana was a fun activity.

 The it was time for presents.  Rachel brought this beauty for him.

 And we totally posed this high five from his cool cousin Payton.

He had a great birthday and thanks to everyone for the fun presents and how sweet you are to our boy!

Ian facts at age 6:

His favorite foods are pepperoni pizza, milk, broccoli with lemon juice, french toast, pb and honey sandwiches, pears, and nutella on graham crackers.

He our pickiest eater and doesn't drink water (only milk).  So hot in the summer!

He is obsessed with making money is always coming up with ideas (selling art, posting stuffed animals in classifieds, etc.)

Math is very intuitive to him and he is learning how to read.

He loves listening to books on cd, especially mysteries like the Hardy Boys and Nate the Great.

His favorite movies are Lilo and Stitch, Wreck it Ralph, and Narnia.

He's reading Farmer Boy with Justin.

He loves riding his bike and swimming.

He has some sweet made-up martial arts moves and can do some sweet hip hop.

When he's interested in something he has incredible focus and will talk about it all day.
He loves playing with Rachel, having adventures, and creating clubs.
He is so sweet to Andy and loves to get him to smile.
We're excited to see the great things this kid is going to do and we love having him in our family!