Coleman is five!

My sweet Coleman turned five today--it's hard to believe my baby is such a big boy. Five things that I love about Coleman:

1. He is so happy! He says often, "This is the best day of my whole entire life!" and he really means it. He is quick to smile and laugh and that makes everyone around him happy too.

2. He is very polite... several of my friends have told me that he'll make a great husband someday because he is always thinking about how he can help others. I am sure they are right, but we'll hope that is a long, long way off.

3. He says hilarious things and pronounces words in a very funny way. His very favorite food is homemade macaroni and cheese (which he calls "mac-a-moni"). He also comes up with some pretty dang funny questions. I would love to see how this kid's mind works.

4. He wants to be good, and most of the time IS very good. He often says, "I don't ever want to be bad" or "I'll never, ever choose the wrong!"

5. He loves being with and making friends. He got assigned to a soccer team without anyone that we knew... before his first practice he kept saying, "When do I get to go meet my new friends on my soccer team?"

He chose crepes for his birthday breakfast and since our partying with cake is tomorrow, we put a candle and sang to him this morning... he was disappointed that we didn't sing "cha cha cha" and something about a monkey, so we did a do-over and Olivia filled in those gaps.
Coleman loves all things Star Wars and has recently acquired a love for little Legos--his favorite video game is Lego Star Wars, so we're doing a party with that theme... and we gave hime this Anakin Jedi Starfighter. Can I just say that I love my son, but I HATE putting Legos together? The box says it's for 7 and older... but they forgot to say that you also need an advanced engineering degree (I realize I'm not as savvy as some, but am I really that stupid?). It took me two hours, help from Ryan on a really tricky part that I kept putting parts together backwards, encouraging words from Coleman ("you can do it mom, I know you're good enough!"), repeated steps when pieces mysteriously popped out or off, crying from Coleman ("I just really wanted to play with it") when I was ready to give up, and not too few swear words under my breath when the pieces kept falling apart. When it was all said and done, it looks like the picture and doesn't fall apart when you pick it up...
...even though there were a few "spare" pieces which I'm sure belong somewhere... we'll just pretend we got everything where it needed to go...

I think we'll wait to put together the Imperial Dropship Lego set with storm troopers when Daddy is home to help. In the meantime... off to finish tunics, light sabers, costumes, a poster of Yoda, and some Lego cakes...

I love the Star Wars bobble-head ships (thanks Nicole and McDonalds!)....

Happy Birthday Coleman! I love you!