Happy Birthday Kyle

William and cousins Sophie going down the hill.

Sledding all down together

Matt watching the sledding

Kyle sledding

Kyle and his rocket ship birthday cake

Blowing out his birthday candles

Opening Birthday Presents

Decorating his cupcake at birthday party

Making aliens out of paper cups.

December 26th 5 years ago, that is when our favorite 5 year old Kyle joined our family. This year when we talked about the birth of Jesus Christ we mentioned how lucky Kyle was to have his birthday so close to the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus. His face lit up and he was really excited that his birthday was the day after Christmas. Kyle has a little birthday party with his friends the week before his birthday. His choice of themes, "Aliens". We had a lot of fun with his friends making aliens, flying saucers, decorating their own cupcakes and gift bags, and making space ships from boxes to fly around in. On Kyle's actual birthday we went sledding with cousins and to the children's museum. His cousins from Virginia, were here for Christmas and were able to celebrate with us and help eat his rocket ship birthday cake.

Some of my favorite things to remember about Kyle this year are his kindness he shows to his little brother William, trying to make him feel better when he is sad, and the fact that William can't sleep unless Kyle is in the room says a lot about how much they love each other. Kyle is always silly, and it is difficult to get a serious picture of him. He is always making silly noises, doing funny movements and is always looking to make people laugh. He is so proud of his art work that he brings home from preschool. A couple weeks ago Kyle started reading, each time we read he picks up on more and more words. Kyle also enjoys being carried up to bed so he will often pretend that he has fallen asleep so Dad will carry him up. The one thing that is memorable but I wish didn't happen this year was his broken arm, poor little guy. We are so glad that Kyle is a part of our family, with his bright smiling face and personality.


Kyle's Favorite Things at 5 years old

Favorite Food: Macaroni
Favorite Color: Army
Favorite Toy: Trash Truck
Favorite Holiday: Christmas and Easter
Favorite Sport: Swimming
Favorite Treat: Now and Laters
Favorite thing about school: Playing