Six Years Old!

...And he has been for some time now. J is such a great kid. His birthday last year was a little crazy after W's accident, but he was a great sport about it. So we wanted to make his birthday extra fun this year. We had a pizza party at the park with friends, cupcakes, and swimming. Yay for summer birthdays! J is a genuinely compassionate child. His imagination is literally out-of-this-world, and he is wonderfully bright. We love him so much, and we're so proud that he is our boy.

We had to huddle around the cake to keep the candles from blowing out. J wanted a secret agent cake, so I wrote on it inverted, so that they had to use a mirror to read what it said.

We were a little nervous about keeping track of all those little boys (7 in all) in the pool, but it ended up being perfect-- we had the pool basically to ourselves, so it was easy.

 It was the easiest kid-party I've thrown yet.  A great time was had by all.