While most are saying "Happy New Year" today,
we spent the day saying
"Happy Birthday Kellen!"
That's right - my little baby boy is 5 today! And as he said, "I REALLY am a BIG brother now because I'm 5 years old! But it doesn't really feel much different than 4." We had a nice day celebrating with Kellen. 
He started the day a bit grumpy and resistant to the idea of deciding what he wanted to do today. He didn't want to go out to eat - he wanted to eat pizza here. He wanted to play games, but he said there weren't very many people here. Then it dawned on us that he still thinks it's not his birthday until he has a party with cake, and he thought we were asking him to plan his own party, which was too overwhelming for him! So we decided to go ahead and do cake and presents after lunch, complete with a decorated table, and after that his attitude was much improved! He declared that now he was 5 and he was excited that it was finally his birthday! So we had cupcakes and presents, played with his new kid-sized frisbee golf set and rode the swings in the backyard, went for a walk at Umstead Park, and then had dinner at Fat Daddy's (his choice).
Swinging in the backyard - Granddad gives great big pushes!
Our walk at Umstead Park -
Kellen and Addie both brought their cameras and had a "photo safari."
The hat the clown at Fat Daddy's made for Addie.
She looked like a walking Dr. Seuss character!
"Happy Birthday Kellen!"
That's right - my little baby boy is 5 today! And as he said, "I REALLY am a BIG brother now because I'm 5 years old! But it doesn't really feel much different than 4." We had a nice day celebrating with Kellen. 
He started the day a bit grumpy and resistant to the idea of deciding what he wanted to do today. He didn't want to go out to eat - he wanted to eat pizza here. He wanted to play games, but he said there weren't very many people here. Then it dawned on us that he still thinks it's not his birthday until he has a party with cake, and he thought we were asking him to plan his own party, which was too overwhelming for him! So we decided to go ahead and do cake and presents after lunch, complete with a decorated table, and after that his attitude was much improved! He declared that now he was 5 and he was excited that it was finally his birthday! So we had cupcakes and presents, played with his new kid-sized frisbee golf set and rode the swings in the backyard, went for a walk at Umstead Park, and then had dinner at Fat Daddy's (his choice).
Swinging in the backyard - Granddad gives great big pushes!
Our walk at Umstead Park -
Kellen and Addie both brought their cameras and had a "photo safari."
The hat the clown at Fat Daddy's made for Addie.
She looked like a walking Dr. Seuss character!
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Happy Birthday Kellen!
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