Luke's fifth birthday

So Luke just turned 5, and it was such a fun birthday- probably the best one yet! He is such a sweetheart and so appreciative of every little thing that he gets. The only problem is that the photos I downloaded to our (old) computer somehow became "corrupted" so that I could not open up the folder for fall 2010- and we had some GREAT photos on there. I'm gonna try and duplicate the photos from him opening up his presents at least and the excitement on his face.

First of all, he wanted to have a party with his friends AND go to the zoo for his birthday. I told him to pick which thing he wanted more, since it would be too crazy to do all of that in one day. He chose the zoo. (as it turned out, however, rain was expected on his birthday, so we went to the zoo the day BEFORE his birthday and then had the family over for dinner on the 4th).

The zoo was lots of fun, and Luke said that he had a great time, however Max and I realized that it probably isn't as exciting as watching animals on Marty Stauffer. Luke is used to seeing them attack other animals, run really fast, roar, etc. At the zoo, the animals are so tame that they are no longer the animals they were born to be. We still had a great time.

For his birthday, he chose to have cheeseburgers, Pad Thai, broccoli and macaroni and cheese. And of course chocolate cake (made by Nana because our oven is currently broken).

Here is the list of gifts he got, which again we had captured the excitement so clearly with photos, but have lost the originals. Basically for every gift, he would open his mouth so wide and breath in loudly with excitement and shout out whatever it was that he opened.

National Treasure 1 and 2 - from Daddy
Camo pjs, eagle and bear, stencil book, pirate legos, $ tree lightsaber - Mommy and Daddy
Black Stallion, Snow White, Pinnochio, Ninja Turtles, Leonardo -Chup-pop
Owl - Nana and Grandaddy
Snake (that grows in water) -Ange and Caleb
Star Wars lego set - Aunt Kimmy
Knight's shield, sword, and helmet - Aunt Danielle

He watched the Black Stallion just about every day for the next 2 weeks. He continues to sleep in his camo pjs, cuddled up with his owl every night with Leonardo next to his bed.

*although the post date is 11/4 for easy accessibility, I'm writing this in Jan, 2011