Atreyu's 5th Birthday Weekend

Atreyu is lucky and gets to have his cousins here almost every year on his birthday since it's usually around Easter. The family wasn't able to come up Easter weekend so they all came for Atreyu's birthday. The kids had fun climbing Grandpa's hay stack, playing with Diesel and having an Easter egg hunt. The Dad's had fun shooting ground squirrels during their "Squirrelmageddon".

After the egg hunt we had a grand ole time shooting each other with silly string. Jesse somehow ended up getting more cans than anyone else and had a great time spraying his dad over and over.

After all the fun and games we had cake and ice cream for Atreyu and Archer's birthday, which is in a few weeks. Atreyu wanted a red Big Hero 6 cake. It took me A LOT of red food coloring to get the frosting to look red and not pink which caused it to make a big mess and left it with a slight bitter aftertaste but luckily the kids didn't seem to notice. I also made a train cake for Archer.

The boys then got to open their presents. Atreyu picked out his gift in January before Alco closed so he knew what he was getting and he got so sick of waiting to play with it. He was pretty happy with his fire station.

My little boy is 5! It seems like just yesterday I was so sad anytime I heard of other people having babies when I wasn't. Then it was finally my turn and this handsome boy scared us all to death when he was born. He is so smart and has a wonderful imagination. He has brought my life so much joy and I am so thankful that we didn't lose him when he was born. He and Cambria continue to teach me patience and I love them more than I ever thought was possible. Happy Birthday Buddy!