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At 4:28PM today, Britton Kasey Garcia was no longer my favorite five year old. He now holds the title of "favorite six year old." :) Keeping with our annual tradition, we let him choose what he wanted to do with his special day. Past birthdays have included lunch at Red Robin, a visit to the Aquarium, going to work with Daddy, golf, the park, and bike rides. This year he raised the bar a bit with a request for Eskimo Joe's, in Stillwater. Weird as we are, we all love a good road trip, so we were happy for the excuse to visit the best school in the country. :) We headed out for lunch on this beautiful day (I say that b/c if you read last year's post, you'll remember there was a ridiculous amount of snow on the ground) and made it to Joe's. It was busy as usual, but the wait was short, and the server made his day with an extra special ice cream sundae for the birthday boy.

Back at home, we hit the neighborhood park where the boys played and played. After opening presents, we ate his special birthday dinner - spaghetti, as requested - and had homemade birthday cake. I think it was a great day for all of us!

So a little about BK this year... We've now lost 2 teeth, he loves Kindergarten, playing soccer, basketball, and gymnastics, and keeps us laughing with his antics. His latest is the imitation of "Peggy" the man/woman on the credit card commercial (see it here). It's hysterical and he does it perfectly. I think we have finally broken 40 lbs, and he's actually about average for height (shocking for this family, I know). He's become quite the reader and we are so very proud of him in every way. I love my little man more than words, and he'll always hold a very special part of my heart as my firstborn.


And for those wondering, for some reason this year was much easier on me than last year. It's still sad that my sweet little peanut is growing up WAY TOO QUICKLY, but I love what each new age brings.

Lunch at Joe's:
PJ and his mini-me:


Celebrating at home (Please excuse my Mr. Roger's jacket. It was cold in my house today!)



ETA: At his 6 year check-up, he weighed in at 40.2 lb, which is in the 15th percentile (Hey, we are so thrilled to be over 40 lb finally), and 45 inches tall (45th %)!  YAY for an "average" height kiddo in our family!