Happy Birthday Sam!!!

Yes, it is that time of year again, where my (not so) little boy turns another year older.

Sam's 5th birthday is today. . .it is hard to believe how fast the time flies! We have basically had a relatively spread out, week long celebration, rather than an all at once blow out. We started Celebrating on Monday. . .with a nice dinner and Cake and ice cream. . .we chose Monday, because our friends, the Blackwells, were visiting from out of town, and that way they could celebrate with us!


Grace, Sadie, Reese, Olivia, and Sofia were as excited about the balloons as Sam was:



Sam, in keeping with his own peculiar quirky nature decided that he wanted a "Rush" birthday--Complete with Geddy Lee cake



In keeping with the Rush theme, we went to see the first show of the Rush tour on Wednesday--It was exciting because even tho Sam saw them in concert in 2004, this is the first time he will have seen them in recent memory. We decided NOT to drive in, but had Kimberly take us inside the perimeter to the MARTA station (about 15 min from us). MARTA runs a shuttle from the station to the Amphitheater, so we didn't need to worry about anything, and it was a fun outing for Sam! Here he is on the train:



Here he is at the Amphitheater, getting ready to find our seats!




This is Sam, when he FINALLY understood that "Going to see rush" didn't mean that we were going to meet them and talk to them. . .I have been telling him for weeks that we were not going to actually MEET Geddy, Alex, and Neil. he said he was ready to go home and that he didn't want to stay. I said, "let's just wait until they start playing, and then if you don't want to stay, you just let me know. "



Of Course, He was OK after the music started:



he needed a potty break about 5 songs in. . .that was when we went to get a shirt (thanks Grammy, for the birthday money!!!):



they finally played "Far Cry" (his newest Favorite)



and i snapped this of us before it got dark!



All in all it was a GREAT evening. . .he was EXHAUSTED by the time we got back to the station, and fell asleep on the way home from the station. . .but all in all it has been a GREAT birthday week for Sam!

Out from under the rock. . .

Ok. . without excuses or whining. ..I am back to announce that I am back out from under my rock, and back into blogging. It has been a while and there has been a myriad of things going on. . .Mostly family and friend visits, a few minor illnesses, and a birthday.

Thanks for bearing with me as I have been getting my crap together!