Sam's in Pre-K and Turns 5 / 6 / 5 all in One Day

Sam had a little early birthday celebration with the whole family during our fun Clay County weekend (yikes, no pictures!), and since he had a cake with fire on top there, it meant to him that he was 5. So on Tuesday, his actual birthday, he must be turning 6. So he thought... but now he agrees, he is truly only 5.





On his actual birthday, he went to his first day of Mrs. Mill's pre-kindergarten class at the YMCA. He told me all morning long that he did not want to go, but once he got there, he had a good time. He took in ice cream and little cookies as the classroom treat that day and one of his Lego creations for show'n'tell. His best friend from our neighborhood is in his class so school is fun! Meet Sauce-sh, as Sam says, but you can call him Josh.

























They hang out all the time, Sam a little more than Josh, you could say?






















Does anyone see a little Bart Connor maybe?


And does make anyone else out there go Ouch?



































And yes, he actually does have clothes on ...









sometimes.





So, anyway, we had our own party the night of Sam's birthday. The birthday meal was mini corn dogs with Yapollin tots (Caroline speak for Napoleon...as in Dynamite), and, of course, ice cream.






And how 'bout that Batman cake? Not just a Batman cake; it was specified to be: a cake with Batman and his Batmobile killing a Bad Guy. Only took me all morning to create all that ugliness. But he was happy! I will say that it photographed well. The artwork looks much better here than in real life, somehow? And please excuse the redundancy. I wrote the five before I knew Caroline had her 5 candle from 2008 to put on there. Frugal family, what can I say?

This is what you might call a two-tier but not equal tiers and not fully iced two-tier cake--in case you want to order one for your next special occasion.





This was from Josh and his brothers. Josh also gave Sam some other goodies including a put-in-water-and-watch-it-grow stingray. Really very cool, but Sam was not thinking it was cool being in our house. We still have it in a bucket out of sight as it grows during this week, but Sam thinks Daddy threw it away like Sam demanded before he would go to bed that night.







Is it no wonder Caroline thinks her parents lie to her?




Sam was happy also with his new K'Nex that he learned he loved while peeing on himself on vacation at the Henry Ford (a tub from mom and the sibs, a tub from dad for 800 more little pieces of plastic to pick up), 3-pack of new and larger muscle shirts, Batman with a Bat-A-Rang, and a bag of Skittles to add a little nutrition to his corndog/ice cream existence.







































Hey, thanks for the fiver, Aunt Karen and Uncle Joe!!

And cool DQ $ card, Aunt Debra!

And fiver from Aunt Julia and Uncle Neil!

And money and new Legos and cake, Grandma and Grandpa!

Thanks, everybody, and love you!!!

Happy Birthday, Sam, you big guy!

Hey, cool K'Nex!