Our 5 year old!

On Monday the 19th our precious Samuel turned FIVE years old!  

Sometimes when I look at his baby photos, I can see this 5-year-old "grown up" face in it.  And then I think about how fast these five years have gone by!  Or, I'll see a home video we took when he was 2 years old, and watch in amazement how some of those expressions and actions he made back then are identical to some of his now... even years later!!  From day 1, Samuel has been the sweetest little boy I know.  He still is SUPER sweet, but also kind and loving.  He has so much energy (like all 5-year-old boys do), but still seems to overflow with this childlike, fun-filled innocence that I love and find so rare.  

On Saturday the 17th, we had a fun birthday celebration for him.  Here are some shots captured throughout the day...

Excited to celebrate his birthday with family & friends!

 Why not start the day out with a gift from Grammy & Grampy?  

 Samuel loves his new scooter - and Micah loves his new hand-me-down!  

 We had a party for him at Pump-It-Up, which is this fun, inflatables/bouncy-house arena.  

If you look closely, you can see just how sweaty the little kids got from running around and bouncing non-stop!   

 Besides bouncing, the kids had fun playing air hockey, duck-duck-goose & limbo.  

 We are so thankful for fun family and friends!

 Cupcake time!

 Samuel picked out chocolate cupcakes and vanilla frosting, with rainbow sprinkles & lego candies to decorate the top.  

 Little brother approved.  :)  

 Here we are with our birthday boy.  What a special boy we have!  

 Afterwards, we treated Sammy to dinner at his favorite restaurant, "the peanut place" (a.k.a. Five Guys).  Here he opened a few more presents, one of his favorites being this new junior-sized, left-handed set of real golf clubs from Mamoe & Grandad!  Now he can play just like his Daddy!  

 

 And I just had to throw this one in because of his expression when opening it...  love that pure joy!  

 It turned out being a whole weekend of celebration for our little guy.  On his real birthday we had another fun-filled day for him including a couple presents...

 ...a stop at the doughnut store...

 ...a morning at the beach with all his cousins...

 ...and then to finish it off, we took him to a fun family dinner at Chuck-E-Cheese (his choice!).  :)  Happy Birthday sweet Samuel!  You are so precious to us!  We love you with all our hearts!