This week we celebrated Micah’s 5th birthday! Micah was very excited about his birthday and his siblings were all excited about giving him the gifts they’d bought for him. We started Micah’s birthday 14 days ago with his birthday countdown calendar: lots of little gifts, swimming, movie: Pete’s Dragon, making cookies, etc.

Micah wanted the Queys to come for his birthday, so we had them for lunch (chili and a monkey cake). Becca made Micah a pin-the-tail-on-the-monkey game for the party. She traced Micah. It came out really cute, and the kids enjoyed playing after lunch. The kids had a good time playing together.

In the evening we had another birthday meal: bratwursts (because we couldn’t buy hotdogs – though they were just like hotdogs!), mac&cheese, and baked beans. We had the rest of Micah’s monkey cake with peanut butter frosting, did gifts, and ended with a Micah slideshow. (In the afternoon, Micah fell off his bike and hit his lip – hence the swollen lip.)

Micah is a very energetic little man. He’s quick at figuring out things and quick to notice mistakes in other’s speech. He loves to play outside, and he also loves to be inside being read to. He’ll often come inside during the afternoon and asks me to read to him. We thankful for our youngest Jensen man!