Bryson's 5th Birthday

Bryson could not wait until his birthday! We were counting down the days for over a month.

The big day finally came!

All his presents

(not pictured are the quarters from MeeMaw and Papa)

Knight figurines from Denmark from Grandma and Grandpa 

(and dinosaur from a friend that he insisted had to be in the picture)

Cake balls on his actual birthday

Cousins celebrating with Bryson

Dinosaur birthday party a week after the planned date due to being sick

We did have a pizza fiasco where I ordered Domino's pizzas 2 hours in advance. When Matt went to pick them up, they weren't ready and there was no record of my order! I figured I must have done something wrong when ordering, but at the same time also confident that I double-checked everything. So Matt had to scramble with waiting, hungry children and drove another 15 minutes to a Little Caesars to get some pizza. Meanwhile I was scrambling at home with doing planned activities out of order and some without Matt's help when I had been counting on that. There must have been a glitch in the system with Domino's because my confirmation order finally came through at 6:36pm with all the details correct (including a 5pm pick-up time). Bryson was so pleased with all the dinosaur games/activities and especially the piñata.


Bryson at 5 years old
Bryson can be the sweetest boy if he chooses to be. He likes to follow the rules and also make sure everyone else is following the rules. He can be a stinker and his new tactic is to try to blackmail me into giving him what he wants: "If you don't give me some ice cream then I'm going to throw this at the wall" type of stuff. Not cool. I'm pretty embarrassed about the fact that he won't go swimming unless he has floaties--he's had 2 swim lessons and that was enough for my other boys to be comfortable. I need to get him more lessons I guess. We also haven't practiced enough on being able to ride a bike. Bryson is becoming a great reader and catches on quickly at preschool. He loves to play outside and play with his friends. He's a funny boy, and we love him so much!