Weston's (5-yr-old) Words of Wisdom

My little Westie turned 5. But he still snuggles his mama lots and cocks his head to the side with puppy dog eyes when he's sad and I think he's just as cute as ever. Love those chocolate eyes and kissable cheeks! He's really blossomed this year. He's suddenly a dedicated little preschooler, reading, writing and soaking up all the info he can get. Weston acts all grown-up in all his five-year-old wisdom. So here's some of that wisdom in honor of the wise birthday boy:

Weston- "How do superheros pee?"

Mom- "Same way as you bud. Everybody does it."
Weston- "Yeah but in my comic books they never pee and my batcave doesn't have a bathroom."

Mom- "Do you ever see them eat in your comic books?"

Weston-"No.... Maybe they eat the bad guys."

Weston noticed his uncles braces for the first time.

Weston- "Do you have a necklace on your teeth?!"

Nate- "No, those are braces."

Weston- "Bracelets?!"

My mom introduced Weston to pork n' beans and the boy's in love. A couple days later I made burritos and Weston said the dinner prayer:

"Please bless that the burrito beans will taste as yummy as pork and beans."

A friend of ours was showing Weston inside his undercover police car and telling him how he traps the bad guys. He asked Weston if he knows any bad guys.

Weston- "Satan's a bad guy. He's sneaky so we have to watch out."

Birthdays!

Today is my little sister's birthday! Brooke is 17 today, so Jamie and I called her cell phone to sing her happy birthday (the kids had already gone to bed). It's a family tradition to call and sing over the phone. After the song finished, we heard Weston crying under his door, "Mommy, open the door I want cake!" After a couple minutes of his desperate pleas I heard him sing "Happy Birthday to Mommy" in hopes that his cute flattery would win him a piece of cake. Sorry buddy, the cake's in Vegas. I think my kids are the only ones who are more excited about cake on their birthday than presents. Weston especially loves to scarf down cake in record time so this has been a good month for him.

The Princess and the Party

Jamie and Andrew were out of town for his grandma's funeral last week and got back on Emma's birthday. Best present she got, only it was 10pm and she was crashed. So, we celebrated her (family) birthday party Saturday. She requested a pink princess cake and balloons. This is the best I could do on the cake but she recognized what it was and loved it!

I told her to wear one of her princess dresses and she came up wearing Tinkerbell. Whatever, she still got the tiara.

The boys wore Burger King crowns (Emma's birthday lunchstop) and Weston loved the pizza dinner.

One thing I love about my little kids is that the little things are exciting! For Emma's (real) birthday I took Emma and Weston to Burger King. They got happy meals, crowns and played in the playplace. They thought that was just the coolest thing (we don't get out much :) ). That night I pulled out the hide-a-bed (which they never knew we had), threw some pillows and blankets on, popped some popcorn and made smoothies (Emma's favorite) and we watched a movie. She didn't even get presents that day but she felt like a princess and thought it was the best birthday ever! They don't really care about things and money. Oh, can't they just stay young and ignorant forever!