Jonathan Turns 5

Jonathan turning 5 was a really big deal for me. It just seems so old! It means that Michael and I have been parents for FIVE years...I have been a stay-at-home-mom for FIVE years...this little baby is FIVE years!!! WHAT? It all seemed to go by so fast!
He is such an amazing little/big guy! He is so smart, sweet, loving, and creative, it is so easy to love him! Everywhere we go, people stop to talk to him and he is so respectful and sweet, you can tell they are surprised to have such a good conversation with such a young guy!
He LOVES his daddy more than anything on this earth, and I know Michael feels the same way. They are attached at the hip, especially on the weekends. He loves to cuddle up with me and we have long talks. He and I love working on art projects together. He is the best big brother any boy could ask for. He is patient and kind with Ben, but best of all, he teaches Ben all sorts of things. They play so well together, it is such a great thing to witness.

So on J's actual Birthday, which was the day after the big party, we decided we had to do something special, but low key. We had saved the gifts from Michael and me to give him on the actual day. His first bike, which J asked for and his first guitar, he asked for that too!
Later we took the boys to Rainforest Cafe for dinner. It has become kind of a tradition...see the last pictures!
It was a fun day, we were happy to celebrate our sweet little/big guy!

His first bike!!



He is having a ball riding his first bike around!



Jonathan also asked for a guitar - "a REAL one". So we got him a Jr Guitar. We thought that Ben would want one too, so we got him this 3-in-1 Keyboard, Drum and Guitar! They are so cute with them!



Yay! We are at the Rainforest Cafe!

Looking at the fishes!

Me and an elephant!



A balloon lady made Jonathan a parrot for his shoulder! It was do funny! He was so excited about it!

We ordered Jonathan the Special Volcano Desert. It is chocolate cake cut into 4 long pieces and shaped like a big volcano. They pour chocolate syrup on top and ice cream is in the middle. Basically, Jonathan's dream come true, as far as desserts! He loved it! All the waiters came and sang to him! He loved that too!!

Happy, silly boy with the tigers!



Keeping with our family tradition...We ate dinner at Rainforest Cafe and then went to the Photo Booth for a picture! The top pic was taken that night, 4/21/13. The second picture, with just Jonathan, Michael and me was taken 4/21/11, just a week before Ben was born!

 

This picture was taken on our first date! Back in Dec 1999!!! We were babies back then!!! We had eaten at the Rainforest Cafe, then we took this picture, then we went to see "The Sixth Sense" at the movie theater! (if you are thinking that you have seen this before, we using it on our 'save the date' cards before our wedding!
 I love and treasure these photo booth photos! They have documented my adult life!