He's 5!

Our cute 5 year old on his birthday

Breakfast

Yummy breakfast in bed

Money and card

opening HUGE present

Bakugons!

Apple pie for dessert

Broden turned 5 today and what a fun day it was with him! We started the day out with breakfast in bed. Remi was sure to tell Broden last night that he needed to stay in bed for a long time so we could surprise him. He came into our bed about 7, so Remi and I fixed him his breakfast and took it to him in our bed. He loved it of course. He got cinnamon rolls and eggs.

After breakfast we let him open his presents. He was so excited to get money and bokugons. The big box, with smaller one inside and a smaller one in that was a big hit! He played with them until it was bath time. We all got ready then attempted pictures of the kids, then family pictures. Broden was a trooper. He was so well behaved and insisted that everyone call him "Birthday Boy." Then we headed to church!

Today was the primary program and Remi and Broden were SOOOO excited. Broden told everyone he talked to on our way to Sacrament meeting that it was his birthday and that he is 5 now. It was pretty cute. Both Remi and Broden had their parts memorized and said them so well. Everyone could even understand them. Remi's parts were, "Joseph Smith is the prophet of the Restoration," and "Living the Word of Wisdom shows respect for my body."

Broden had 3 parts. His first was,"where did I come from," then "I can be a missionary now," and "God has commanded his people to build temples." Broden did them perfect. He did have his own twist on the last part though. He said,"Heavenly Father told his people to build tons of temples."I thought it was pretty cute and added character.

Broden was a great singer. He can sing really loud and everyone commented on how well he did singing:) He didn't sing as loud as he did in practice, but still loud enough to stand out. After the program the kids went to Primary and Broden got to go up for everyone to sing to him. I'm sure glad they remembered him because he has been talking for days about how he will go up front and get candy! He loved it. Then his teachers gave him a card and more candy and they also got candy for being so good in the program. He was in heaven! He felt so special because he got so much candy and cards.

After church we talked to grandmas and grandpas while we made dinner. Broden's conversations talked about so many things. He told them that he loves tator tot casserole and that we are having tator tot casserole for dinner and that Ingersolls fixed tator tot casserole for dinner when he was there and at our last house we had tator tot casserole tons of times and here we have only had tator tot casserole once but that tonight we are having tator tot casserole for his birthday because he loves tator tot casserole. He told them what his parts were for the program and even sang part of "Scripture Power" his favorite song. Broden said to grandma and grandpa,"I want to stay here forever and never leave because the person in my class that was the first friend I met and my teachers gave me a card and it was the best ever so he doesn't ever want to leave."

I think his mind was going about a hundred miles an hour because he was so excited! I can't believe how much he has changed in the last 2 years. He has gone from the boy we knew we needed to put in preschool so he could adapt socially and learn to be around people with out mom and dad being their, to the most outgoing friendly boy who loves to make new friends. He loves to talk to everyone and will tell complete strangers all kinds of funny things.

I love how helpful Broden is. He usually does whatever I ask him to do. He usually will do one job then come right back and say what job can I do now mom! It is wonderful. He is also a really fun person to do nice things for because he is so grateful. It never fails, as soon as we get back in the car from doing something fun he always thanks us for taking them to do it. He also is always grateful when I fix him something he loves. There aren't very many foods he likes though so it isn't very often. He loves tator tot casserole, spicy chicken, spicy shrimp and rice. These are about the only dinners he will eat. He loves lunch type foods and fruits and veggies, but the main dish is still a battle. He would live off tator tot casserole if I let him and he asks for it almost every day.

Some cute things he says lately are:
Yes Sir, while soluting to Blake and sometimes to me
Yes my Majesty to Remi
He likes math and will say things like 2 and 2 costs 4(he hasn't caught on that everything isn't money)
Best day ever! If something is fun.
Best mom, or dad ever

We love our Broden so much and are so happy he had a fun birthday!