And Another Birthday!! And It's Late Too!!

 Wyatt turned 5 on Halloween!  He's quite the five year old, and he entertains us everyday.  Here you can see him at his birthday party.  He wanted an Onix (pokemon character) birthday cake.  Onix is a creature made out of 17 boulders.  Yeah, it was a weird cake, but I felt good that I could deliver on his important day.  While looking strange, it actually tasted pretty good.

 So, anyway, our Wyatt.  He's five, and it feels like he has been for a long time.  He is his own person, and he knows how he feels about most everything.  He is happy and funny and easy to be around.  He usually just wants to snuggle under the "feel better blanket."  Yes, that's an actual item that exists at our house.  Any it works!  (on adults too).  He loves to dress up like different characters, unless it involves a mask because, as he says, "it freaks him out."  So, no spidey masks around here.  From 9-4, Wyatt owns this place, until Calvin gets home from school.  He plays with Cyrus and chases him while they both laugh. He is a joy to have in our family.  What would we do without Wyatt?

It must be mentioned that Wyatt uses his middle finger (which he calls either "tall man" or his "shooter blaster") for many things.  He uses it to point out an object, as a gun to shoot imaginary villains, or to scratch his cheek.  Just today, while we were sitting in the front row at church, he used it to point to a light on the ceiling.  He pointed out this light for a good 20 seconds, while those in pews behind us were left to wonder just what sort of things we are teaching our children.  Well, the secret is out:  we teach them to flip the bird at church.  But seriously, it was a little awkward, but not so awkward that Noah and I couldn't help but laugh.  I even caught a pic of Wyatt using his "shooter blaster" for you.  He was upset that we were getting on the plane to come back to New Mexico from Tennessee.  He was pointing to any airplane. Or flipping off the pilot.  I'm not exactly sure.  

Cyrus looks a little shocked that his brother would give him the finger, no?

Wyatt,

You are the best!  I am trying to savor every minute we have together this year before you have to start school next year.  You have always been so easy and so sweet.  Will you always be that way, please?  Thanks to you.  I love watching you get excited about things you love.  I love to see how easily you get along with your friends and that you try your hardest to be a good friend.  I think that is a great quality to have.  

xoxo,

Mom

To Remember about Wy Guy:

• He goes to sleep so easily.  Sometimes as he is going to bed, he will say, "Can you guys keep it down out there?  I'm trying to sleep.
• He always tries to skip me in Uno.  Always.  Even if it's just the two of us.
• He can read pretty well.
• One night at dinner, he addressed us as "citizens."  And when it made us laugh, he also called us, "fellows."  He's always up for a good laugh.
• Wyatt is a natural leader, and he is not afraid to just be himself.
• He still hates dinner.  Even if I served him chocolate cake and called it "dinner" he would hate it based solely on principle.
• He loves a good ham and cheese sandwich, which is something you know I like.
• Wyatt has a high pain tolerance.  Things that I would think would really hurt, he just shakes off.  
• He and Calvin love to turn flips on our bed.  Yeah, we need a trampoline.
• He can do really great impressions of people/cartoon characters/etc.  You should see his Wario or hear his Pidove (pokemon character).