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The Bug turns 5

Here he is in all his 5 year old glory :) We've made an unconscious tradition of opening presents at breakfast 'cause who wants to wait for cake later in the day!? Maybe we should just start eating birthday cake for breakfast..hmmm..

 

First Transformer!

Hyrum imparting all his Transformer wisdom & the kid has a lot.

Everyone had fun playing with his new stuff.  FYI hexbugs are really cool.  Hyrum got one for Christmas & the only thing cooler is to now having another one bumping around.

I had the most helpers I've ever had in the kitchen.  Hunter wanted to help & so did the twins.  I let Justy lick the batter & now I think he will always want to help in the kitchen.

Hunter wanted our favorite Chocolate Mousse Cake but he wanted a race track on top with his cars of course.  Luckily I convinced him that the heath bits on top were just like gravel so they could have an off-road race & he liked that idea.  Whew!  Putting frosting on top of this cake to make a track...it just wouldn't have tasted as divine.

He wanted to go bowling & out to Ihop for dinner so we made all his dreams come true :)  The kid bowled a 67!  Future member of the BYU bowling league perhaps?  That's usually what I bowl.  BUT I must say one of my dreams came true that day too & I can mark it off my bucket list.  I bowled OVER a 100!!!!  106 to be exact & I have been wanting to do that for years & years.  Yes I am a big nerd.  And not that great at bowling obviously.

Our Primary this year is doing a spotlight on each kid & Hunter was last Sunday.  We told the kids some of the things Hunter loves.  Everything to do with cars.  It's his favorite thing to play with, read about, color & watch.  He also loves to ride bikes, be outside, read books, watch movies, go to Orange Leaf, go on dates, to the park etc.  He loves pancakes, hot dogs & pizza.  

Some of the things we love about Hunter is how happy & cheerful he is.  It's hard to stay sad or in a bad mood around the kid because he is always smiling, laughing, singing & having fun.  We love how helpful he is playing with Dallen to keep him happy, running errands with us & helping cook & bake.  We love how sweet, kind & thoughtful he is.  

He is sincerely concerned about others & is always the first one to investigate why someone is crying around here.  As soon as one of his napping siblings is awake he runs to play with them in their bed.  He wants everyone to be included & happy.  Jeremy gave a family home evening lesson on gratitude the other day.  He showed the kids some pictures of slums in different parts of the world.  He ended with a picture of a little boy living in one of them.  We talked about how different life would be in a place like that & how blessed we are.  Hunter said "Well, why don't we go over there & maybe give them some food or something."  Some day that would be a great idea!

 

What a goof.  He & Hyrum are in charge of unloading the dishwasher & it always takes Hunter about an hour to unload half of it.  I wonder why :)  

I was looking for a specific picture of him as a toddler & found quite a few that I love.  Here are some of them.  I had forgotten how blonde the kid was!  I have been feeling reminiscent about Hunter.  Again, I know I'm a big nerd but I'm already dreading kindergarten for this kid.  I am going to miss him so much!  But I know it will be good for him & I know public school is what's right for our family (at least right now).  Doesn't make it easy though.  He has always been my little buddy.

 

This is my most favorite picture of the Bug & I.  

5 points to anyone who can guess where we are??

Happy Birthday Hunter we love you!!!