Our littlest guy is now 5! I was mourning that we'll never have a four year old boy in our family again, but 5 is my favorite age, so its not too bad. Trevor is incredibly bright and very determined. He loves to do things for himself and also loves to help others. If he gets an idea in his head, it is very difficult to talk him out of it and we've found that distracting him or going along with him if possible is a better way to work with him than just battling him (Austin had to teach me this ;) One example is that he loves to come huggle and kiss me every night after I've already put everyone to bed. I used to try to give him what he came for then hurry him off to bed, but he wouldn't go and I'd end up frustrated, so now we tease him and play with him for a few minutes before singing "Hit the Road Jack" to him or counting down to see how fast he can get back into his room before I turn all the lights off. Another example is that on Sunday he decided he wanted to wear two dress shirts to church- one on top of the other with a tie sandwiched between them. I was going to protest, but Austin said he could do whatever he wanted and he happily wore it all day without complaint. When I asked him about it later he said that he wants to do it again next week. Trevor is quite the creative and fun little guy. We enjoyed celebrating his big day even though it was a bit busy with a church activity and a few errands. As always, we started the day with chocolate waffles.
Natalie has a black eye from sliding on the kitchen tile into the stools by the counter the day previous.
Anyway, after breakfast, Trevor opened his presents and spent the day playing with them with his siblings. He took a break from playing to help me make his cake- he chose carrot cake because he recently found a picture of his third birthday where he also had carrot cake. When we got back from our church activity in the evening, we made homemade pizza and the kids watched the Christmas movie Elf, which was Trevor's choice. Afterward, we had cake and the kids got off to bed. Trevor has moved into the top bunk in the boys' room and feels like a very big kid to be up there.
Here is Trevor's birthday interview:
Who is your favorite person?Natalie
What is your favorite color? Red and Blue
What is your favorite thing to watch on TV? Minecraft (He doesn't really even play it, he just likes to watch his brothers play it)
What is your favorite outfit? Every outfit (he really isn't nearly as picky about what he wears as his sibling are. Unless he has something already in mind, he'll typically wear whatever he finds-including shorts in the winter!)
What song do you like the best? The First Noel and Hark the Herald Angels Sing
What is your favorite cereal? Cinnamon Life
Who is your best friend? The Garcias
(my friend's kids- they all get along really well with all my kids
despite the age differences)
What do you want to do when your grow
up? Be a farmer
What is your favorite book? Curious George
What are you really good at? Building with tiles
Where do you wish you could go on vacation? Michigan- what do they do
there? (I'm not sure why he said this except that its a place he has
heard of but doesn't know where it is)
What would you buy if you had a lot of
money? a ton of gum (we allow the kids to have gum at the age of 5 in
our family, so we filled up the gumball machine as one of his presents
and he's been munching on gum at his pleasure)
What is your favorite dinner? Dirty
macaroni (a beef casserole I make) and macaroni and cheese (made with
vegan cheese for his allergies of course)
If you could have a wish, what would it be? be better than Asher and Leif (a little bit of sibling rivalry?!)
What is your favorite flavor of ice
cream? there is only one-sherbet- and its my favorite!
Who do you want to be like? myself
What do you like to do with your friends? play hide and seek and tag
What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday? eat more cake
What is your favorite thing to do? Jump on the love sack
What are you proud of? Everything
What are you afraid of? bad guys
What is Mom's favorite thing to do? eat cookies and ice cream
How strong is Dad? Really strong, stronger than all the people in our family
What does Dad do best? Work
What does Mom do best? Make cookies
What do you like best about Dad? That he throws us on the love sack
What do you like best about Mom? That she hugs me
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