Davis turns 5

Never has there been a child more excited to turn 5! Davis’s birthday comes at the end of birthday season in our house, all four kids and Ben in 2 months. The last few years he’s had a hard time watching everyone else get a birthday. This year he was much more patient and mature about it, but was extremely excited when his own special day came!

We started with presents and muffins for breakfast. We gave him a black panther costume, which he wore for the rest of the day. We played with his little friends at the park and I brought some super-hero themed cupcakes there. Davis is the best “park” kid- he just really goes for it, running and climbing and sliding everywhere! Later that night we had our neighbors, Will and Fred, over for pizza and movie and cupcakes. Their mom had surgery, so it was kind of to give her a break, but was perfect for Davis’s birthday since he loves Will so much!

At five years old there is just so much to love about this boy!

• He’s starting to read! He’s been so good about doing Upstart, and words are starting to come together for him!
• He refuses to try to write anything. No interest whatsoever. 
• He loves preschool- our little co-op. He’s the the only boy and he calls the other kids “my preschool girls”
• Avenger-obsessed. Every day he’s playing some type of superhero thing and always picks an avengers movie when he gets to choose for movie night.
• His favorite foods are pizza and pickles. He asks for a pickle sandwich for lunch most days, which I’m sorry to say is just pickles on bread. And he declares “I LOVE pickles!” And he’s still sad every night that I don’t make pizza for dinner.
• Davis loves a park more than any kid I’ve ever known- he runs and runs and climbs and runs some more! It’s darling to watch!
• He’s so sweet and affectionate- he gives the best hugs and tells me he loves me every day.

Some funny things he’s said lately:

• Seeing my throwing up when I got the flu “Uh-oh mom! What happened? I guess it was the germs!”
• He has an imaginary friend, Karen, who is a boy. He will blame things on Karen frequently. (Karen is the name of the software in Spider-Man who makes the suit work).
• He asked Ben about his full name
• Ben: It’s Benjamin Carl Hugo
• Davis: But, you didn’t say daddy!
• Ben: Yeah, only you, Chase, Hudson and Lila call me daddy.
• Davis: Oh yeah…my friends call you Ben…
• He was distraught one day when he realized Ben had gone to the dump without him. We called Ben to talk to him on the phone who promised to bring home some chocolate to soothe Davis’s hurt feelings. Davis felt slightly better but then responded “Dad! Will you please just come home and take me to Mexico!” He continued to talk about going to Mexico with his dad for the rest of the day. I had no idea he even knew about Mexico!
• One night he was so tired but wouldn’t just close his eyes to go to sleep. I told him to close his eyes and he said “No! Then I’ll be gone!” Explains why he fights sleep so much!