Happy 5th Birthday Soren!

Yesterday Soren woke up at the crack of the crack of dawn (as opposed to just the usual crack of dawn) because he was so excited about his birthday. He's FIVE whole years old! I'd say that is certainly a reason to wake your mom up at 5:30 a.m, wouldn't you?

Peter, Grandma and I went with Soren to pre-school for his birthday celebration. It starts off with the usual circle time.



And a few warm up songs to get the kids moving.



But then all the attention gets heaped upon the birthday boy (who might be just the tiniest bit self-conscious with all eyes on him.)



They go through the birthday ritual of playing out the earth going around the sun as the years pass and reminisce about what Soren must have been like at 1, 2, 3 years old...



And then he got to stand on the chair while everyone sang!



And to top it all off, before passing around his special treats, he plays the Happy Birthday music box and thinks about what it feels like to be five.



Judging by the fact that this morning he woke up at 3 a.m. wanting to play with his new birthday toys, I'd say that five apparently feels pretty good.