The boy formerly known as "Nate-dawg"

NATHAN (he corrects us every time we call him Nate-dog) is the big 5! He wanted a Hot Wheels party so I took him to party city and we got his party stuff. I decided to have a family party with the way I had been feeling. Plus Heidi was in town so it was still a big group. I made him a "hot wheel" cake, and we had our family favorite, glow stick dance party, with D.J. Jazzy Casey. I mostly camped out on the couch shaking from a fever and cracked rib. But Nathan had a blast with all his cousins. Nathan had been wanting an "Octo-battle" hot wheel toy from the commercials and I had forgotten about it. Then I luckily saw it at Wal-Mart and got it and some color changing cars. He was so stoked! He kept telling me that he had always wanted it. I think it is the first time I actually got him something he had really wanted. For 3 days he would show me the box and say thank-you. He can be so sweet.
Next year is Kindergarten and the school district has changed to an every day/all day schedule. So now all 3 of my kids will have tried a different schedule. I hope he is ready for it. He is starting his speech class next week and is all scheduled for it in Kindergarten, hopefully that will help him get ready. I'm so excited to see how the speech class helps!

"Happy birthday to Me!"

(Thanks for taking the pictures Callie, since I was out of comission.)