6

Recently, this guy turned 6. 

It seems like we’ve been celebrating all month long. Ansel has a way of thinking of doing lots of fun stuff and then adding, “Let’s do it because it’s my birthday!” I’ve mentioned this before but I’ll say it again, having a birthday in February is really great because not much is going on which makes everyone jump at the chance to celebrate. 

We went bowling. Look at the jumping! Such excitement. 

Ansel was very pumped to get a spare. 

Oliver was equally pumped to get his first strike. 

And Ian was ambivalent. He wanted to play the arcade games instead. 

We also went to the museum and the kids climbed in the jungle. 

We stopped at the roller skating rink for an afternoon of crazy fun. Jess and I realized we will never go to this place on a Saturday again. It was very busy! The things we do for our kids. This year was an off year for a birthday party so we caved.

We also had a chance to go out to eat (twice!) and have grandma and grandpa over for a special dinner. It’s been fun celebrating this guy. He is one awesome kid. 

I should mention that this photo was taken this morning after he decided to make a Valentines Box even though in Kindergarten they don’t do boxes but design bags at school instead. It’s Shaun the Sheep, a claymation character the kids can’t get enough of. His idea, his workmanship. He says he’ll use it next year. However, something tells me he’ll have another equally cool idea next year.