5 on the 1st

Well, November 1 marked another birthday for my little man. He turned 5 this year and every year I look at him and it seems like just yesterday I was holding that beautiful little baby in my arms for the first time. Now he is almost as tall as my shoulder and reading a few words on his own. He is riding his bicycle without training wheels and running so fast I can't keep up with him. This year we went to Andy Alligators for his party. We had 3 of Reed's good friends join him for pizza, cake, bowling, arcade games, go carts, mini golf and bumper boats. The kids had a blast and Reed rode the go carts by himself for the first time. He did an awesome job of steering and pressing the gas pedal. Unfortunately, he didn't do so well on the brake and he crashed coming in to park his car. He was fine, but it sure gave us a scare! Next up, he wanted to do the rock climbing wall. He got strapped in to the gear and headed up the wall. He got about 3/4 of the way up and got scared and came back down. Still, he is more brave than his mommy! Everyone had a blast, but we were ready to come home after a very busy 2 days.