A Big Boy 5 Year Old

Trevor turned 5 this year. Wow! What a big boy he has become and I can't believe he is 5 years old already.

This year on Trevor's birthday we got to do something different. Tooele was having a Santa Parade the day before his birthday. The parade was on Saturday and so the kids and I loaded up and headed down to see Santa and get some candy.
Levi saying cheese...

There wasn't a lot of candy at the parade, but he kids did have a fun time grabbing what they could and seeing Santa at the end of the parade.

This is how Kat enjoyed her first parade.

That Saturday night we celebrated Trevor's birthday with a party! Last year, his four year old birthday, Trevor wanted a Red party. This year he decided he wanted Green! I could not ask for a better boy to pick party themes. He really does make it easy on a mama.

We had gotten a bunch of green decorations, green plates, green M&M's, and even green juice. The neighbors, the Halls & Bybee's, came over to help us show Trevor just how much we loved him. We played Green Don't Eat Pete and decorated green sugar cookies with green frosting.

Trevor wanted an ice-cream cake, so it wasn't green, but at least he would eat it.

In true Ladwig/Kunz family fashion we let Trevor blow out his candles the first time we sang and then did it again to let all the other kids blow. Avery, our seven year old neighbor boy who has autism, was so excited to blow out the candles but missed the chance to blow the second time.

So we did it again to let Trevor and Avery blow only. This time Avery started talking to his Dad about how we were doing it again and missed blowing again. By now all the parents were laughing hysterically. We ended up having to do it a fourth time so that Avery could get a chance to blow the candles.

Then it was on to presents...

The big present that Trevor had asked for was a fire truck. He was very excited about this one.

Levi testing out some of the presents. Thanks everyone for the presents!!

We are so in love with our Trevor man and couldn't imagine life with out him.

A few things about Trevor:

• Your favorite color is Green.


• You are a very affectionate boy. You love to cuddle and tell us that you love us.


• You like schedules and get upset if your schedule gets interrupted.


• Your favorite show is still Wonder Pets.


• You are proud when you can do something on your own. You like doing dishes and helping clean.


• You have an incredible imagination and are great at making up games.


• You are a great big brother and really, really love your baby sister.


• You like to make Ellen angry and will do things just because you know she will get mad.


• You are a Daddy's boy and can't wait to go fishing and hunting with Daddy.


• You love playing computer games and Wii games.


• Your cousins are your best friends, Braiden may be your favorite.


• You were really sad to move from our White house and even more sad when we couldn't move right into our brown house. You put up with it all well but were very, very happy when we got to finally sleep at our brown house.


• You finally figured out how to peddle and steer a big wheel.


• You know all of your letters and sounds. You have started working on trying to blend them all together.


• You like pirates, trains, cars, puzzles, and coloring.


• You have followed in your Father's footsteps and are an avid movie line quoter often reciting entire scenes from movies to yourself or anyone that wants to listen.

We love you Trevor and can't wait for the next 5 years to come!