I can't believe that my
little boy is turning 5 years old!! We celebrated his birthday on Saturday. We gave him the choice between going out to eat or staying home and eating. He decided he wanted to stay home and make his from scratch mac & cheese for everyone. So we had the 4 of us, my Mom, my Grandma, my Dad, and my Step-mom over for lunch, cake & ice cream, and presents. As you can tell from this picture, he got just a few presents. ;)
One of the presents we gave him was a wallet. If you look closely at the picture you can see him with wide eyes. That is because there was money in the wallet. We decided it was time to start and allowance. He will get $5 a week with a breakdown as follows:
$1 - goes in his piggy bank
$1 - goes to church
$1 - goes to a charity (at preschool for now)
$1 - goes towards saving for buying his own socks and underwear. This teaches him that we have to use our money to buy
necessities not just fun things.
$1 - to spend how ever he wants to.
So far he has done a good job. We took him to Toys-R-Us to see if he wanted to send his money. (He also got a $3 off a purchase of $3 or more birthday club coupon, so he
actually had $4 to spend there.) He decided to save his money so he could buy something "really cool".
My little boy is growing up so fast right before my eyes. I wish both of my kids would stop growing so quickly.
Well, we had Marc's 5 year old check-up today. The doctor confirmed that he is a healthy, happy little boy. She was quite impressed with his vocabulary! If any of you have ever talked to Marc, he talks more like a 15 year old and not a 5 year old. ;)
While Marc was decorating the tree, he also decorated himself. :)
Marc and Samantha were great! They didn't complain and they listened very well. Since they were so good, Grandma took them to Build-a-Bear.
Marc chose to have him and Samantha get boy and girl moose, Hal & Holly.
Marc started getting an allowance for his birthday. He also got some birthday money, so he had $30 to spend. Since we were at the mall we went into the toy store and the Disney store. He went through the dilema of "Do I spend my money now, or save it for something bigger?" It was so cute to see him try to figure out what to do. In the end, he decided to get a small toy at the toy store and a small toy at the Disney store, and he even had a little money let over.
Samantha even got to try some baby turkey and sweet potatoes. 
I'm not sure is she liked them or not, but she ate them.
We got a couple of cute pictures pf the kids at the dinner table.
All the turkey, sweet potatoes, and activeness wore Samantha out!
After their songs we went into Fellowship Hall to eat our feast. We had chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, cornbread muffins, cranberry relish, and chocolate pudding. YUM!
One of the other teachers' son was in the 5's class last year. She told me that she was going to work for me today so I could be part of Marc's feast. I am so glad that she did. I had a great time!
After school we took him to lunch at Chuck E Cheese. (If you ever want to go but hate the crowds, go during the day during the week. We were there at 1:00 and we were 1 of only 4 families there, it was great!) Chucke tried to drink Marc's orange soda!
They used to give the birthday child a crown, a balloon, and anice cream sandwich delivered by Chucke. They do none of thse anymore. So we bought him some of the balloons since they were 3/$1.
After we got home we made cut-out sugar cookies for Marc to take to preschool for his birthday snack. We had a lot of fun using the cookie cutters.
In the process of making sugar cookies, Marc got almost as much flour on himself as he used in making them. ;)
One of the presents we gave him was a wallet. If you look closely at the picture you can see him with wide eyes. That is because there was money in the wallet. We decided it was time to start and allowance. He will get $5 a week with a breakdown as follows:
