I can't even believe it but on January 22
nd my baby boy, Ben, turned 5! He woke up to a floor full of balloons.
He came right down stairs and found his first present - a bag of balloons. Ben loves to blow up his own balloons and was so excited to get an entire bag all to himself.
In Ben's room and the playroom the doors were covered in streamers that Ben had to break his way through.
Ben loves to bake, and he loves muffins so he helped me make his breakfast muffins that morning.
Present opening time!
Elizabeth was so excited to get Ben this
Dagudar present. It was one thing Ben really really wanted!
Ben talking on the phone, hearing a birthday wish from his Grandma.
Ben got to eat off of our special birthday plate and drink out of our birthday glass.
A few hours later we headed to a birthday party at Aqua Kids - an indoor pool. We had a monster theme.
Some of our guests ready to jump in the pool!
The pool was pretty warm - look at those pink cheeks!
Whew- we were getting overrun in the present corner!!
Ben had a wonderful party and I can't believe he is 5 years old!! What a wonderful little boy we have, we love him so much!
Ben got this really fun science kit from his cousin Cooper for his birthday so while Elizabeth was at school one day we had fun experimenting. 
He was seeing what things dissolved and he really loved it!
I made this ruler from pinterest - I added all the measurements from the kids from 6 months on - it's so fun to look back at all their heights and how their heights compared at each of their ages. 
A few days later Elizabeth had a field trip to a local pool. What a fun field trip! 
Parents were allowed to come, but we had to stay up in the stands and watch from above. 
If the kids weren't going off the diving board they were crammed into this little area :) I think it was easier for lifeguards to watch them here. 
Ben is really starting to come out of his shell. He had never met this little boy before but he immediately went off to play with him.
After swimming the kids got changed and ate lunch in the bleachers. 
It was a very fun day for the kids, I'm so glad I was able to come and watch for a bit!
