FIVE has arrived

After patiently waiting the six weeks after his brother's birthday, which to a kid seems like six months, Seager finally got his celebration.  A whole week's worth!  On Sunday, we welcomed the family in for some cake, presents and fantastic pig, compliments of Big Daddy the BBQ man.  He fired up the smoker at 6:00 a.m. so we could enjoy the freshly cooked meat that afternoon.  It's sooo good right off the smoker!

A serious Seager was soon ready to begin 

and was assisted by his wing man...

He got some soccer stuff...

Then broke out the big guns!  He and his wing man love to play dress up.  Favorites include Superheroes, Firefighters and now Cowboys! 

Next up, Tuesday the actual Birth Day.  What a great day to start T-ball!  Unfortunately, the weather was just awful and once again I made the mistake of saying I could help if needed.  Yep, helping coach again.  Mamaw was in attendance and took great pleasure in informing me how funny it was to see me out there running the bases with all the five year olds.  Ha Ha Ha.  I can still run and I do know the basics of baseball.  Seager was very impressed with the catchers mask and promptly volunteered to be catcher.  This was the only picture I got and I was dodging raindrops to get this one. 

According to Mamaw, who stayed over at 3 year old t-ball, Dagon was unimpressed and refused to "play ball".  Honestly, I don't blame him.  It was cold and raining and who wouldn't rather cuddle with their Mamaw than stand around in that kind of environment waiting for your turn?  Tomorrow is round two, 40 degrees with the possibility of snow flurries.  Not gonna happen.  We will not even go to the park under those conditions.  I do have my limits and besides, this is supposed to be fun.  So, our venture into sports has been hampered by torrential rains and now global warming.  Is it a sign?

So anyway, back to the celebration.  Wednesday brings a gathering of Seager's friends at the "jumpy place".  As you can tell by the sweaty hair and flushed faces, this activity was a huge success! No cake, no singing, just run, jump, run and jump some more!

Thursday was spent shopping for outfits for a long overdue photo session.  Why can you never find what you are looking for when you need it.  Anyway, we got the job done and Friday afternoon was spent at the photography studio.  You will just have to wait to see those but I will give you a hint; it involved some cute fuzzy participants.  I haven't seen the final results yet, but I think they will be great!

And the final climax to the frenzied week...20 adults and children at Los Reyes for the final fiesta!  Now keep in mind, this was a party for the adults as well as the children.  I only photographed the children because my brain was mush by that time.  It was adults and adult beverages.  I'm sure you can picture that in your mind.

Seager, Dagon & Sydney on the party deck pretending to be firefighters with a vacuum hose. 

The kiddos preparing for the lighting of the cake.  They were a bit concerned at the amount of cake they would receive,

but I did have cupcakes for everyone else.  Seager was thrilled to have his own little cake... but I will have to say that in the future he will have to be wary.  You better watch out Seager, never walk away from a cake or a girl!  It would seem that your wingman might steal your cake and perhaps even your date when you're not looking! 

So, that concludes the arrival of FIVE.  The question seems to be why we have so many parties.  And I say, well why not?  You are only a little kid once and it's a good excuse to do fun things, eat cake, and do all of that with the people you love.  How is that bad?  Except for the fact that Mommy is exhausted beyond the point of a quick recuperation.  Hence the post several days later.  2009 Birthday Season officially closed.

Now you can also understand why my last two Friday posts have been MIA.  Believe me, it's not from lack of material, just lack of extra time and most importantly, energy.  

Until Friday, or sooner perhaps, see ya!