pace had a great birthday this year! i can't believe he is 5 already. he's doing a great job reading and writing, exploring his whole world, being a great big brother, and friend to all our new neighbors. he never ceases to surprise me with his vocabulary, smarts, and things he says!
his birthday was on a wednesday, library day (i love that he colored multicultural friends). he loves running circles around me, collecting leaves, and his new favorite stuffed animal, penguin. david took the boys to the aquarium when i was away with heather, and pace picked out a penguin stuffed animal and max picked out a sparkly pink seahorse. penguin has not left pace's side since the aquarium. as a side note, i love that pace is a very literal child. his stuffed animals don't have names; their names are what they are..."penguin", "giraffe", "whaley", etc. it's so funny when people ask him what his animal's name is, and he'll give them a look and say (with a "duh" tone of voice), "penguin." although, he did tell me later his penguin's full name is "penguin adorable coombs".
pace loves helping me in the kitchen. he helped put sprinkles on his birthday cake. later that night we celebrated by inviting our new neighbors over for cupcake decorating and birthday popper throwing in the cul-de-sac. lucy brought over some glow-in-the-dark glasses for pace. pace had his 5 year check the next week, and got 3 shots in preparation for kindergarten next year. pace still needs to know how things work from start to finish to feel comfortable with it, so we talked a while about shots, what they do in the body, what it would feel like, and the best way to help it not hurt (squeeze your hands together and don't let go). pace didn't cry one bit for his shots! his leg that got the tetanus shot was a little tender later, but he did so, so great for his check up!
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