Aaaargh, birthday matey!

My little man turned the whopping No. 5 on Monday. Holy cow I can't believe he's that old. But I've known this day was coming ever since his best friend had her birthday in January -- I think he's reminded me pretty much every day that he's turning five in April. And since he was old enough -- and so excited -- about his birthday, we decided to have his first friend birthday party...

Drew had so much fun with his friends. I even got fancy and made him a cake. Thank you, Pinterest, for the idea!

We also had a pinata, which ended up on the ground after only four kids. So they broke it open on the cement and I had to dump all the candy out. They still seemed to enjoy it.

Drew got a new swimming pool, and we gave all the kids water guns and they had a blast running around and trying to get each other wet.

Drew's friends were very generous, and he had a great time opening his presents. He got a super water gun, four sets of Legos, a snake he gets to color how he wants, and even some money. He was so excited about everything! 

Guess I should have dressed Bryn properly for the party. One of my friends came to pick up her daughter, and her son, who's Bryn's age, came along. In the two seconds we weren't watching them, the two of them decided it would be fun to go swimming in their clothes...

These two crack me up!

Look, Mama! I went swimming!

Leave it to Bryn to use it how it's NOT supposed to be used...

She sure enjoyed the cake. All the kids were really impressed with the cake but didn't eat much. Bryn finished off Drew's piece. With every bite, she said "mmmmmm" enthusiastically.

I've been waiting for this day for a long time -- Drew and daddy building Legos together. It was so cute. I love that Drew's old enough to enjoy all the fun sets now.

On his birthday, I took baseball cupcakes to his class and then we had more cake and opened presents. On Tuesday, we went with our good friends to Gattitown for pizza and games, bowling, bumper cars and go-karts and had sooooo much fun!

This weekend, Brent took his regional boards (WREB), and just finished up this morning. Now we just have a few weeks for him to finish a few more requirements and sign out of all his departments, then he graduates on the 12th. I am so proud of him for all his hard work!