Ode to a New Five-Year-Old

Oh, Ender, it was just yesterday that you came home with us, snuggled in your blankie and humming while you slept.

And now you have so much to say, so much to share and so much to laugh about

(since you tell the funniest jokes!).

This year we welcomed 2 new cousins (this is you with baby L),

You discovered that you *love* hitting a baseball . . . 

But you're still getting used to this whole swimming thing . . . 

Outside is still the place you most love to be . . .

And you have taken giant leaps into adventuring in just the past few months. We *never* thought we'd see you on a tube in the first place, but there you were trying to jump from one tube to the other! 

Happy Birthday to our sweet, kind-hearted, brave, smart little boy. Five looks very good on you!