the carsons: i'm a mother to a rising kindergartner?!

eben turned five a few weeks ago. i'm having a little bit of a nervous breakdown over that! he's going to kindergarten in the fall. MY little baby boy is going to school - real school - not just preschool or MMO. he is a big whopping FIVE years old! where does the time go?

first we celebrated with mimi and grandaddy...

they bought him this huge monstrosity of a castle that he absolutely adores! he was so excited to see this huge box all wrapped up and couldn't wait to tear it open!

then grandma and grandpa let him open part of their present - 2 knights and horses to go in his castle!

secondly we celebrated with friends...

for his 5 year party he wanted to have a star wars party at chuck e cheese. go figure. so we bought minimal star wars decorations, i labored over a princess leia/chewbacca/storm trooper/yoda cake, we sent out invites, and had a marvelous time!

wow! what a cake!

blowing out all the candles!

eben and his mimi

emily jane and leah enjoying yummy cake

allison, jacob, and ethan enjoying some cake

marie got to eat the green yoda cake :D

super hero toys!

toy story slink!

super mario pjs!

eben and his preschool buddy austin having a blast!

marie enjoying the fun toddler rides

emily jane and leah - they were such a hoot! they absolutely LOVED putting the tokens in the games and rides - sometimes they would play the game, sometimes they would wait for the tickets, but mostly they just liked putting the tokens in the slots! and then they'd run out of money and would go ask every adult at the party if they had any money left. TOO FUNNY!