Birthday anticipation

Howard is just 4 days away from turning 5!!!  I can't believe it.  He's growing up way too fast.  We are having a small party at Jump & Bounce with some of his preschool friends, family friends and family.  If Howard had his way, we'd invite EVERYONE.  He asked if he could invite some of his other friends next year.  I told him we'll have to wait and see what kid of party we have next year.  Then, with a real glimmer of hope and excitement in his eye, he asked if he could invite Santa to his party next year.  I told him we could send him an invitation, but I was pretty sure Santa would be busy making presents for Christmas.  Howard wanted to know if Santa would bring presents with him to his birthday.  :)

Howard is having a Lego party.  We got him a Lego table and I LOVE IT!  It's my new favorite toy in our house.  Howard helped assemble it and within an hour he had it well put-to-use.

We have started "rest time" at our house every afternoon.  I have come to love this 30-45 minutes of quiet at our house.  I can catch up on a recorded show, blog, clean or just enjoy quiet.  We've been doing this for almost a month now.  We got Howard an alarm clock that I set for him.  He looks forward to rest time too.  Once a week I let him "rest" in our bed and watch a show on the TV.  Here's a picture of Hazel and Howard during rest time (Howard in our bed).