More November--Tommy's birthday

I neglected to mention Tommy turning 6 in November!! It was a fabulous day! We had a little get-together to celebrate. I made a peanut butter cake with vanilla and peanut-butter chip frosting. For those who don't know, Tommy does not like chocolate. Yeah, people exist who don't like chocolate. The doctors can't find a cause for this strange disease :-) Anyway, he loves peanut butter. Here he is, contemplating those 6 candles in the shape of "T for Tommy!"

We have discovered that Tommy is going to be our resident artist. So this year, one of his presents was a box he can put his pens, pencils, crayons, and various implements into and lock it. He is very excited about that. There are other pictures of all the various art supplies we stocked him up with, but they all have this same beautiful smile...

And, lest it be thought that Thomas is not rough and tumble with his artistic sensitivities, here is that same big grin when he received a remote control 4x4 vehicle. He was stoked about that too.

These weren't all the presents, he was very happy about all of it but do you really want to see a picture of every present and card??? Needless to say, cake, ice cream, presents, party, it was a fun night for our Tommy. We are so grateful and happy to have Thomas in our family, he really brings so much joy to us. Tommy is also the baby's biggest cheerleader. Every time Tommy sees me, it's "how's the baby?" "are you taking your pills to make the baby strong?" "make sure you eat your vegetables so the baby can grow big and strong" One time I told Tommy when he asked how the baby was, that it was "Wild, just like you guys. Wouldn't let me sleep!!" (it was too small at the time to wreak that kind of havoc)... so now another question is "Mommy was the baby wild last night so you couldn't sleep?" :-) I love that kid!