I'm 5, I'm 5, I'm 5!!!

That is what I heard as little feet came running down the hall and into my bedroom at the crack of dawn the morning of the big day. You have never met 2 little people so excited to turn 5. They have been talking about it for months. All day long Aidan would say, "Mom, I'm 5. Am I really 5 mom. I mean mom, am I really, really 5?" It was a hard day for me. I hate how quickly they grow and the realization that my babies are no longer babies, but I couldn't stop smiling at their excitement. They still tell every random stranger everywhere we go, " Hey, did you know I'm 5?".

They chose to celebrate by going to "the yummy roll place" (Texas Roadhouse) and because Aidan wanted to sit up on the horse in front of everyone. he asked the waiter as soon as he came over to our table when he was going to bring the horse over for him. Olivia wanted nothing to do with it though. She was just worried about wearing her birthday skirt she picked out and lipstick.

After dinner we came home and opened presents. They both wanted Heely's (thanks Mom and Jamie). Now I just hope they don't break a hip. We plan on taking several trips to Costco where they can hold on to the cart and figure out how to use them.

Aidan got a Nerf laser tag set and as you can see he and Al are already putting it to good use.

Olivia got a play kitchen which I wrote about below.

Thank you to all our friends a family for all the sweet cards, gifts, and phone calls. They loved every one of them!