Liam's Birthday

What can I say about my little Liam. He has always been kind of a mommy's boy. Which I admit, I kind of like. He can be quite moody, but never to me. He always has a sweet smile for me. He still lets me snuggle him..the older he gets the more I wonder how long that will last. It's so hard to watch them grow up. There are so many things I love about this little man...



He has a great smile...his eyes crinkle and sparkle when you get a genuine smile.

He is so smart! He reads himself to sleep almost every night. He has a book he makes me read him all the time. It's so sweet, it's called Mom Says I Can. In the book the boys dad calls him "little buddy" and his mom calls him "snuggle bug"...so he makes me use those nicknames.

He is FUNNY. He always has a joke.

He loves school and his sweet Kindergarten teacher.
He loves soccer, even though he has yet to touch the ball during a game (not even sure he realizes that!)

He is nice to his sisters...both of them.

He loves puzzles, legos and putting things together.

He's very independent.

Really, he just makes my heart melt....

We were in Alaska for his birthday. This is actually the 2nd birthday he's had there (we were there when he turned two). We had been there about a month and were actually getting ready to come home. We were trying to think of things we could do for his big day. At first he wasn't excited to have it there. There are no chuck e cheese's, no friends, not really a way to have a big party.

But his smart daddy came up with the perfect thing. He told Liam he'd start a fire in the day time and that Liam could throw sticks in it all day, and that we could roast marshmallows at night. He was so excited. That darn camp fire was his favorite thing!! 

He also told us he wanted a surprise party. How do you do a surprise party for a kid who knows it's coming? Well, we did our best. We had his favorite dinner...salmon. I had made a cake earlier in the day and hid it.

We were all hanging around the fire and I talked him into going on a walk with me. While we were gone everyone else set up the party...

They had lots of help as you can see. By the way...it's probably ten and night by this point. These babies were dirty and tired! But ready to party!!

When they could hear us coming back, they did their best to hide..

Aunt Janelle is a good sport..not many hiding places to choose from.

this is a horrible picture, but as you can see...he is delighted and surprised!

He opened his stack of presents...

Blew out the candles...

Overall I would say our Alaskan surprise party was a success.

Now my big five year old is in Kindergarten, and soccer, and growing up too fast!!

One funny story...

Liam and I were chatting while we were on our walk. I was telling him that 5 years ago he was born. He asked what time and I told him he was born late at night..it was like 10:35 I think.

He said "wow mom...thats late. Were you still awake?"

Yes Liam, I'm pretty sure I was awake!

Love you buddy!