He's 5

Saturday was Kaipo's birthday and he is FINALLY 5.

He has been anticipating this BIG day for a long time!

Thanks to my family for buying him this

awesome BIG KID bike.

He has been riding it around the house (with

the training wheels on) NON-STOP, because his dad told him

he had to learn to ride it really good and fast,

then he can take the training wheels off.

He is determined to be a BIG BOY!!

He has a Kindergarten checkup tomorrow

and I am curious to see how he ranks

on the growth charts. I already know he is one tall kid!

We also have Kindergarten Registration this week.

A funny thought about that-

one day on our way to preschool, he said

pretty soon I won't be going to preschool, and I

agreed and said you're right, in my mind thinking

he meant when summer comes & this school year is over.

But Kaipo thought that when he turned 5

automatically he stopped preschool and

started going to Kindergarten. He definitely could

pass for a Kindergartener or even first grader!

Besides his bike he got lots of other fun stuff.

Here are some of the things 5yr old Kaipo is into:

*Legos and Trio's-he LOVES to

build and create things

* Anything superhero
*He has taken a recent interest in sports,

particularly basketball-hurray!

He can put that height to good use :)

*He is quite the artist and has an

amazing imagination

*He loves to play games on the computer

*He feels soo grown up now that he is

learning to read

We had a family party for him at Boondocks.
They rode cars, played lazertag, bowling,
arcade games, climbed around and just had a blast!!
He chose to have a
TRANSFORMERS cake
this year
I wish I could say I was ambitious enough
to make this one, but no I was not!
Thanks goodness for a
cupcake cake. It eliminates the mess
of cutting & serving.
Everyone came away with black teeth and
messy faces, but I think they enjoyed the treat.

I got LOTS of pictures of Ash, because

dad was off with the BIG kids, while mom

was with the little boys. But I really did

not do a good job of picture taking
(I only hope that Karli or LeAnne got

more pics than I did. I am sure they

did of their OWN kids, cuz they

are much better than I at that)

Ash was in HEAVEN with the mini-bowling,

and got several games in, with whoever would play!

I sure hope Kaipo had a great birthday!

We are so proud of him and think he is one amazing boy.

He is so full of energy, curiosity, imagination, and love!

Despite all the frustration & stress he may cause us,

its like the saying Quinn found, by Mark Twain,

that we put on the wall in his room...

My mother has a great deal of trouble with me,

but I think she enjoys it.

We Love you Kaipo,

and wouldn't want YOU any other way!!