the birthday boy

And now we are six.

Ryan's birthday was last week -- and we celebrated all.day.long.  Eddy took the day off, and we dropped both kids at school and then took ourselves out for breakfast -- to celebrate that morning 6 years ago when our lives changed dramatically and we became parents.  It's was such a lovely, quiet, kidless breakfast.  We should do that more often.  But I digress -- back to the reason for this post.  Our six year old!  So he had a great day at school, and we got to sneak in at the end of the day to help celebrate him and pass out our little treats we made to all of his classmates.  Then we snapped up 2 of his friends from school, Eli and Casen, and picked up another friend Alejandro at our house (and last but not least his buddy Nolan met us at our destination, because first graders get out of school an hour later than kindergarteners in this town), and we went miniature golfing!  It was chaotic, and the boys didn't have it in them to play by the rules like I thought they would, but they had a great time anyway.  Then there was the climbing/ball pit area, which I think they all loved even more.  And then there was cake and presents back at our house.

And then they all went home and we collapsed with fatigue. :) 

Ryan's class asking him his birthday questions

a car full of boys and little miss K

Later we made breakfast for dinner, per Ryan's request of course, and had Cristen over to help us celebrate some more -- more presents, more cake. 

And since Ry's birthday was midweek, and it was a bit too much for Eddy's family to get to us that day, we met up with them yesterday for another mini celebration for Ryan, and some giant ice cream sundaes at our favorite ice cream parlor in the bay area.  

 Happy birthday to this crazy kid of ours!  We love everything about him.  He's reading, doing some math, loves to run and ride his new mountain bike, still loves his Legos more than anything else, and is really turning into a social creature.  It's great to see.  Here are his answers to his birthday questions:
1. Favorite color?   Blue & Black (really?)
2. Favorite toy?  any and all Legos
3. Favorite fruit?  Golden Delicious Apples (they did a taste test at school one day)
4. Favorite vegetable?  Broccoli
5. Favorite TV Show?  Captain Jake
6. Favorite movie?  Rio 2 (I think that's because we watched it last week, he couldn't think of anything else)
7. Favorite thing to wear?  his new black sweatshirt
8. Favorite song?  On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons
9. Favorite book?  The Day the Crayons Came Home
10. Best friend?  Eli & Casen
11. Favorite snack?  Cheddar Rockets
12. Favorite Drink?  Lemonade
13. Favorite breakfast?  eggs -- cooked any way that's not "yokey" (his words)
14. Favorite lunch?  Salami, cheese and crackers
15. Favorite dinner?  breakfast for dinner, see #13 above
16. Favorite game?  Battleship
17. Favorite thing to play outside?  Soccer
18. Favorite holiday?  Christmas
19. What do you sleep with at night?  Cheetey, his cheetah
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?  A tornado chaser (really?)