Kyle is officially "5 and bigger"!

Last week Kyle had his 5th birthday. Pretty much since the day of his 4th birthday, he's been talking about all the things he can do when he's "5 and bigger". Well, that day finally came! We started out the day with a haircut and an attempt to spike the front of his hair. He was hoping to look like Astro Boy. I was just hoping that the styling products we had would take to his hair. This boy has thick, coarse hair! He's definitely a Brown boy!
A few days before his birthday, Ashley and I took the boys to McDonald's. Kyle finally dared to go down the slide. He'd been waiting and waiting until his was "5 and braver". When he finally went down, he came over to us so happy and said, "It wasn't scary at all!" I'm glad it only took him a couple of years to realize it!

Kyle got some great gifts this year. His Grandma and Grandpa Brown gave him some Iron Man jammies. No, he hasn't seen either of the movies. No, he won't be seeing them any time soon. But he has decided that Iron Man is the ultimate in cool, so he was very excited about his jammies. He put them right on and wore them every night for a week (with a washing in the middle).

He was also gifted with some character promoted food - SpiderMan fruit snacks, SpongeBob and Cars soup, and later, SpongeBob and Scooby-Doo mac & cheese. He requested these specifically. Silly boy!

His Grandma Curtis sent him a LiteBrite. When we were at her house in March he played with the old one she had. He loved it. Now we just have to make sure that we don't leave too many pegs on the floor! Aaron has been good at finding lost pegs and bringing them to me.

Big Grandpa and Grandma Suzie sent Kyle a couple of toys, but he was really excited about this R2-D2. It pulls open to reveal some art supplies! Aaron was more excited about the Trouble game they sent. Every time you pop the button to roll the die, R2 rolls around as well and makes R2 noises. It's fun, but I'm grateful it has an off button for the sound!

Last, but not least, Brent and Ash gave Kyle his temple plaque. His is a little bit different from the ones the girls got. His says "Be Steadfast and Immovable". Now I just need to get busy and get all the plaques hung up in their rooms!

Oh, and I can't forget to mention the Star Wars card that the Allfrey's sent. It makes a Chewbacca sound and then plays the theme song from Star Wars. He loves it! Thanks to everyone for making his birthday so great!