SIX!

Over a month ago, this handsome boy turned six! Wow it makes me feel old, he’s got to use his other hand to show his age, breaks my heart! He’s my little firecracker born just a few days after 4th of July, so we pulled a family Independence Day/Colby’s B'day party all in one at Mimi and Kiki’s lake house. We had bbq and all the fixings and no lake party is complete with out homemade ice cream! Yum! I made my first attempt at a chocolate chip cookie cake - baseball—and I’ll have to say it was pretty good and really easy!

Since I skimped on a true party I wanted to make his birthday memorable, I let him choose what he'd like to do. He chose to go skating rink - what fun! Little tough for 5 year olds but wow did my skating nights come back to mind, I even got out there and showed the boys my tricks, it was a fun time. Then we headed home his next request was to pick out a snack at the gas station and then we headed home to play kick ball and eat pizza!

For memory sake:

• Every afternoon this boy can be found in his favorite spot on the kitchen counter watching TV—all Disney shows he could watch over and over ~ i-carly, phineus and pherb, Good Luck Charlie, he never grows tired of sitting on that counter watching channel 50 or 51, LOL.
• Shy about certain things, don’t dare mention a girl’s name
• Between the TV, his DSi , the computer in his room and my phone, we’ve got us a tech boy.
• Summer camp was a new experience, it worked out ok, but for some reason he would not swim, embarrassed to change in front of the other kids, so he didn’t swim any in the 10 weeks he was there, as hot as it was—ironic thing was I picked this camp b/c of the pool, go figure.
• He recently discovered that everything is a $1 dollar at the dollar store, he said "mommy, why didn't you tell me everything was a $1 at this store".
• The boy loves spending his money wisely (wonder where he got that :), he chooses his "prizes" very carefully.
• He is starting his first season of flag football! Go Giants!
• He is reading, he's a sharp cookie!
• The toy rage—bey blades, he has about 7 and thinks he needs other colors—cause they are more powerful that certain colors, love this kid.
• He still wishes that his eyes were blue :) one day he’ll appreciate those chocolate chip eyes!
• Even though he may tackle and take toys away from his younger brother he sure does love being a big brother to Houston, it's neat to watch them grow up to be so different yet so close.
~I could go on and this special boy, but that'll do it for now.