We have a full car today, the three of us with Ah-ma and Dot Dot too! 

Our boxes were due at church last sunday, but we didn't make it in time. So we brought it to Chick-Fil-A and we even got a free breakfast entree for each. 

We're not the only ones coming to get free breakfasts. NJ was surprised to see them here too. 

Lego, Lemons, and Giving

The boys are building more lego cars together. 

A quick break to enjoy the beautiful sunset. It look like the sky was on fire. I had to use flash just so NJ would show up in the photo. He loves the sunset sky any time he sees it he gets so excited and wants to everyone to look. 

Since I managed to pull him away from his legos, I recruited his help to pick some lemons. He's happy to help and even goes under the tree to pick some inside. There's so much we don't know what to do with so many every time. We're picking them to give to my aunt tomorrow. 

Back to building with Baba.

Again, I pull him away to help me fill our shoebox donations. We always make one for a girl, one for a boy. NJ wanted to draw a picture for each of them. How sweet. We tried to explain that there are lots of kids around the world that don't have nearly as much as he does. 

Back to building again.

So many vehicles put together, he can hide behind them. 

NJ used his brick box to make a garage for his vehicles, I thought it was cool and creative.

I left and came back to an expanded version using his mega blocks. I guess he couldn't fit all of them and needed more room. I was impressed with his structure.

Someone else is also enjoying these cool new toys.

"I'm thankful for my mom and dad."

NJ insisted on wearing his lego necklace, but I wasn't sure it was such a great idea. But I let him keep it since I figured he'd want it if everyone else put theirs on. 

NJ did the opening pledge and said something he was thankful for. He said, "I'm thankful for my mom and dad." How sweet! They also sang Happy birthday to him which was a pleasant surprise. Good thing I was still recording so I had it uninterrupted. 

I also stayed for a little bit of their chapel time. I didn't stay long though, I was so tired and I'm paranoid about being in crowded rooms. Especially this time of year and since there's probably plenty of kids that might have colds. It's annoying to have to think about these things, but it's the norm.

We attempted to take a photo of him and his class, but it didn't quite work out that well. That's ok. His teacher also took one of us as a family, that was sweet for her to offer. 

Wellness Checkup

We got there in plenty of time since we left school early. Baba read a Dr. Seuss book to NJ, it was such a tongue twister it was hard not to laugh. 

NJ did much better this time with his hearing test since he took it seriously this time. We know he can hear it whether he chooses to! 

NJ fooled us by being on his toes. At first we thought his weight and height were both 45.5, but not quite. He was on his tip toes, Baba noticed the difference once he walked out from under.

He has perfect vision, even better individually than together. How strange. 

Temperature, pulse, and blood pressure.

Drawing some photos and answering lots of questions the dr. has for him. He did pretty good. 

Waiting... for his shots. So funny that everyone was whispering, spelling, and using code for the word. No fooling this one, we had a talk about it yesterday and he's ready for it! 

He didn't like it, but he didn't cry. He got one in each arm. After getting tucked into bed last night he yelled out a few minutes later, "Mama, it's only going to hurt for a second, right?" 

From the kitchen I yelled back, "Yes, that's right. Don't worry, it's only a second."

This was after many questions about it. Besides when he was a baby, he hasn't cried with any shots. He does well when we talk things out with him. 

NJ's been asking to eat at Chick Fil A for a while. So why not go on a special day like this to celebrate? We asked some of his friends to come out to join us. We were thinking it might just be the three of us since it's a week night and not everyone lives that close. But we still managed to surprise him with another family to meet us. So nice of them to come out and make it even more special. They had fun playing together. We had the place practically to ourselves and the play area was empty so it was great! What a day. I'm glad all of this is over because now I feel like I can rest. But at the same time, I love celebrating my little love, he's such a joy. He's growing so fast sometimes I feel like I don't stop enough to enjoy it. Soon he might not appreciate all these little things and not even want to be around us. I'm not looking forward to that, hope he stays this sweet forever. :) 

It's been non stop the last couple weeks scrambling to get everything done and perfect. still more to do since NJ will be celebrating with his class tomorrow. I really wanted to bake cupcakes, but I was so exhausted and not feeling that great. So I went to the closest donut shop and got some donut holes. I figured they are cake-like enough, sweet, and have colorful sprinkles. That's all kids care about anyway, right? A colorful sweet treat, no matter the reason. I tried to make them presentable, but I did the best I could. 

A Happy Sunday

NJ woke up excited open gifts, but we only had time for one. He was so good about being patient and played with that one until we were all ready to leave. I could hear him calling out for help from Baba to figure out how to build it. But he did a great job doing it himself. I'm glad he was able to since he now knows he can do it himself. 

Someone was up late and had tons of fun yesterday! We had emptied the car and his blanket must've gone with everything so he used Baba's extra polo shirt to snuggle in. 

NJ wanted the brownie and the slice of cake, I gave him the choice of only one. He has the bad habit of not eating much lunch after visiting the snack table. 

We were invited out to lunch and back to Uncle and Auntie's house to see their newly remodeled kitchen. Baba helped them with it and saw the process along, it turned out beautiful! NJ got to play with their sons' old legos. He had a lot of fun building and pretending with Uncle Don. They built a barn, a farm, a train, and some farm animals with a mama tiger with two baby tigers. It was cute that the boys were all playing and Auntie and I talked. 

Another birthday treat from Uncle James. He chose the oreo one. I thought he'd devour it without hesitation, but actually he was so sweet to share it with us. 

He gave Baba a couple of bites.

Not Dotty, she wishes...

Mmm, looks extra delicious to see how much he's enjoying it.

I wasn't expecting this at all, he gave me the rest of his cupcake because he said he wanted me to have some too and he had enough. How sweet!

He also got to try on his gi from Uncle Tomo. He was so excited to put it on and he's excited about going with Baba soon. It even has the dojo name on it, awesome! So cute and looked like a big boy in it.