MY SWEET, INSANE, GIBBERISH SPEAKING, FOOD LOVING, SPORTS PLAYING BOY....
Are we sureeeeeeeeee you're 5 and a HALF!!? It feels like we were just jumping the day away at your 5th birthday surrounded by poop emojis, and now we're getting ready to plan our big Disney World trip for your 6th birthday!!!!
How you look... My handsome big BOY!! You are SO tall (like, a full head taller then rest of your friends) with the sweetest big brown eyes and shaggy dark blond / light brown hair. Your skin is getting darker by the second as you spend your days in the sun. You are proudly sporting your new glasses - back to blue, like your very first pair. You are SO skinny despite all the food you eat. You are wearing size 6 and your feet are HUGE (size 1 / 2).
Your Schedule....You sleep in bed with Layla every night. You guys tend to go to sleep between 7:30 - 8:30 (sometimes later). You generally sleep later then Layla but she tends to wake you (uhhhh) - you love climbing into our bed as soon as you wake up to snuggle. But not for long - you always prefer to get dressed out of pajamas and find out what's on the agenda! You're getting ready to find up your 2nd week of day camp and you're seriously loving it. You ask me every morning what is on the schedule and cheer with each reply (basketball, YES! dance, YES! gymnastics, YES! fishing, YES!)
Your Likes....You like ALL THE GAMES (current favorites including Crazy 8's, matching game, chutes & ladders & the worm game on your iPad) - you love sports (particularly baseball, basketball & Gaga) - you love camp SO much - you're an expert swimmer (these past few weeks you've seriously mastered it!) - you love movie nights - you love sleeping on the sofa - you love playing catch with Grandma - you love hitting baseballs with Dada - you love traveling to Florida - you love time spent at Mom-Mom & Pop-Pop's house - you're obsessed with your cousins - you adore all your friends - HARRY POTTER - and you really love to kiss me on the lips :)
Your Dislikes....You don't like when things don't go your way. You don't like when we say no (to your requests for a smoothie from Dunkin Donuts / a toy from Target / candy from Wawa, etc). You don't like going in Dada's car (because mine as movies playing). You don't like things that smell weird. You don't like being hungry. You don't like sleeping alone. You don't like when Layla is mean to you.
Your Food: You are AWESOME - you will try everything and anything. Your favorite foods include: Chinese (wonton soup, pork fried rice, chicken lo mein, spare ribs), pizza, spaghetti & meatballs, hamburgers, sweet potato fries, water ice.
Your Thoughts: You have the most amazing questions - you are curious what words mean, how things work, why people act the way they do. You are just a sponge soaking it all in and I LOVE watching you learn and explore the world around you.
Mr. Benny.... you are kindness and silliness and love wrapped in a BIG ol' package of handsome little boy. You are so loved by your family, friends and strangers alike. I love you so much and can't wait to start planning your 6th birthday... Disney World, here we come! (And a SMALL party here at Burger King per your request, lolol)
Love you to the moon,
Mama
