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Sunday, February 21, 2010

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!!