5 Years Old

If you read this post you know that Little Fire Chief had a birthday party last week.  However, yesterday was his actual birthday. We didn’t do much since we had already celebrated but we did make Halloween brownies and go to Kid’s Night at our church.  I thought it only appropriate to pay tribute with some photos! 

So here he is!

Brand New! October 30, 2004

1-year-old. October 30, 2005 celebrating at Disneyland!

Two-Years-Old Christmas 2006.

3-years-old. Mother’s Day 2007.

4-years-old. October 2008.

5 Years Old! October 2009.

I can’t wait to see what the next year brings!  I love you little man!

Happy Halloween

Buzz, Tony the Tiger and I will be Trick-or-Treating tonight along with going to some harvest parties.

What do you have planned for Halloween?

You Capture: Fall

Nothing says fall to me better than Pumpkins, apples, birthday parties and costumes!  If you remember from this post we recently went to a harvest festival.  Pumpkins and apples were everywhere!

There were these pumpkins donated by Gowan’s Oak Tree in Philo CA. 

  What would you call this, chomping for apples?   It was a super cute game. 

There were Pumpkin faces! 

As you can see, there were plenty of pumpkins to go around.  There were costumes too!

What have you been photographing this week?

Pray

When I got home from work today I hopped on to Google Reader to read all of your posts. I quickly found out that her baby Stellan is in the PICU again battling SVT. 

Will you all join me in praying for this sweet sweet baby boy and his wonderful family?  I can not imagine if either one of my babies were in the hospital or ill.  I can not imagine what McKmama goes through every time that she is faced with Stellan’s circumstances. 

Please pray with me and stop by McKmama.com and encourage the family.

Take Five

Little Fire Chief’s 5th birthday party was Sunday afternoon. He invited all of his church friends to come enjoy some fun at the Cal-Fire Woodland Station. We anticipated there would be a fire engine there and planned all of our games around it.  However, the engine got called to a fire down in Santa Cruz. Much to my dismay, we had no engine. Which meant, no hose. Which meant, no water.  Mommy was bummed, but the children didn’t even notice.

They climbed stumps, threw balls and played in the woods. They ate barbequed hot dogs and slow cooker Chili. They watched patiently excitedly while Little Fire Chief opened presents!

Despite the fact that it took forever because he was so excited over the very first present he opened. Nana and Papa gave him a Monsters Vs. Aliens play set and he couldn’t wait to get it out of the box.

 

Then, they took turns hitting a Fire Truck Piñata.

They didn’t even notice that there wasn’t a REAL fire engine to be seen.

It’s amazing the pure enjoyment that comes from hitting things with a stick!  Mr. Moo even took a turn.

After hitting the Piñata several times each it was time for Dalmatian Cake and Cupcakes.

This cake was delicious!  We left some in the refrigerator for the firefighters when they return home from Santa Cruz as a thank you for letting us use their station. 

We also had Cupcakes.

  These weren’t any ordinary cupcakes, they were stuffed with cream cheese. Yummy!

After cake and a little more tromping through the woods, it was time to say goodbye.

However, We didn’t say goodbye to the fire station without a few photos of Little Fire Chief in his full turnout gear.

Thanks Cal-Fire, you made one 5 year old boy very happy on his birthday!

To Infinity and Beyond

Oh, the fun we had. . .

Our family ventured out Saturday to the Botanical Gardens for their annual Harvest Festival. Costumed Kids got in free, so in the spirit of freedom, we dressed the kiddies in their Halloween attire.  Little Fire Chief went as Buzz Light-Year. I just love his costume to pieces!

As we headed down the path to the party, I couldn’t help but take multiple photos of this adorable little robot! Little Fire Chief loves his costume too. He couldn’t wait to get to the party to show it off.

When we arrived at the party a tree of hanging apples greeted us.

The object of the game was for kids to bite into the apple in order to get it off of the tree. It was a wonderful alternative to bobbing for apples. Little Fire Chief Buzz even tried it out.

There were pumpkins (generously donated by Gowan’s) to carve as well. 

Little Fire Chief Buzz insisted on carving his own. He did a pretty good job too.

He scooped out the inside and carved out the eyes.

I think he did a pretty good job don’t you?

All the while, Mr. Moo Tony the Tiger was busily sorting pumpkins. . .

Running from daddy. . .

and looking cute.

The boys even had a chance to see the model railroad that calls Botanical Gardens home.

  Little Fire Chief  Buzz enjoyed watching the train go around most of all. He could have cared less about the rest of the activities.

Someone had a birthday party on Sunday, my next post will be all about it!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

I Heart Faces: Halloween

 

"To Infinity and Beyond. . ."   - Buzz LightYear from Toy Story

What are you going to be for Halloween?  Head on over to I Heart Faces and share your inspiring costumes with us!  There’s a pets category this week too for those of you who don’t have cute little boys to dress up. Happy Haunting!

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I wish I could say this is my I Heart Faces entry. Alas, it is not! Stay tuned to find out what we have been up to!