Amos! You're FIVE!! One whole hand! Wowzers. I hope that you (always) know how special you are and how proud I am of you. For your birthday this year we celebrated with opening your presents first thing...an army canteen & glider bike (want & (boy did you want it! You asked for one almost every day since Solly got his)) , a camo shirt (wear), Time Magazine Beautiful Phenomena issue (read), new (to us) yellow Converses (need). After opening presents we loaded everyone up for a trip to Gravitopia (thanks again, Groupon!) and then had lunch at Chick Fil A..your pick! You & Solly rode your glider bikes around the drive way all afternoon until it was time for family to arrive for a supper of hotdogs + s'mores & an awesome volcano cake Haley made (it even had lava)!
This year has been a big one for you! We've traveled (you picked up Puerto Rico, Canada & lots of states up the East coast), you started preschool and became a big brother for the third time. You've seemed to really enjoy school and we've enjoyed hearing all about your days. I've loved seeing your heart when you tell us about being kind to kids at school or getting texts from your teacher about what a sweet helper you've been.
Your favorite thing is volcanoes. You've studied (obsessed over) them for some time now and know so much about them. You can name tons of them, tell us where they are, what kind of volcano they are and give us their history. It's mind blowing, really! You also like Bruno Mars and have recently discovered Queen and David Bowie. Your favorite color is still red and you love to go to Gravitopia. You still love Ba and the hot tub too. You're very much a daddy's boy at this age and want to be where he is, doing what he's doing.
I hope that you know how much I love you and love being your mama. You're constantly challenging and stretching me, making me a better mama every day. You're one special little dude, Amos!
