happy birthday, Charlie!

My baby turned 5 today, at 1:39 this morning to be exact. :) Thankfully, he slept in. We had a busy morning. After he woke up, he opened his presents from us then my sister and Maddie came over and gave him gifts too. And in the middle of all of this, I go into the bathroom to dry my hair. I just get started when the lights flicker for a second, then the power goes out completely. I felt kind of funny going to swim lessons with half of my hair dried, and the other half wet. At least we were at a pool, I wasn't the only one with wet hair, just the only one with half wet/half dry hair. It was so hot, it dried fast. Harrison had his swim class yell, "Happy birthday, Charlie!" from across the pool. My parents came to watch them both swim. Harrison jumped off the low dive into the deep end. I'm still amazed at what he has accomplished. After swimming the three of us drove to McDonalds for lunch, where the drive thru attendant upon hearing it was Charlie's birthday, gave him an extra toy. (Just what we needed.) This afternoon my parents came over and gave him their gifts. Boy, this kid is having a great day. He got his beloved Lego hospital this morning from my sister, and I think that he is in heaven now. It's good to be 5, right?
And tonight we are going to shooby dooby down to Rubys for dinner. The big party is this coming Sat., when a whole gang of us heads out to Legoland.