Happy Birthday Tommytoes!!!

Thomas, aka Tommy, aka Tom, aka Tommytoes is turning 5 TODAY!!

This amazing boy has been such a blessing in our lives. We would never have been a complete family without him. He may not say much but he is such a strong spirit.

He is always there with a hug or smile whenever you feel sad or frustrated.

He is the first to find the happy spot in everyday.

His big, Sparkly smile is infectious to everyone who meets and knows him.

He is a hard worker, this year making amazing strides in being able to talk and use words so he will be ready for kindergarten this fall.

He is super smart like his siblings, being able to read, count, and get to those things he really wants (even if he knows he is not suppose too)

He looks at the world in a different way and that bring those things into focus for us too.

(like the "take a picture of my nose" picture above)

He is a little jokester and brings humour to everything he does.

We just love this kids with all out hearts and are so blessed he is in our family.

We did a mini celebration of his birthday on Friday with a picnic with my friend Jen and a total of 9 kids.

Jen knew of a place I hadn't been to yet so we met her and she walked us up to where the old mansion of PG use to be. Oh how I love the stone work up there!

She had set up a little picnic area already for us to enjoy.

We put our share of the food down and enjoyed some juice before we continued on as it ended up being a hot sunny day.. perfect for a picnic. Jen had also brought some felts and paper and had the kids all sign a little card for Tommy.

From there we ate some Bologna sandwich and Peanut Butter and Jam ones because those are Tommy's favorites. We had wagon Wheels for dessert with Cherries and Apple slices.

After we were all done eating Jen was brilliant and picked up a few little prizes and divided the kids that were not Tommy into groups of Boys and Girls and had them invent a new birthday song to sing to Tommy.

The girls went more traditional with their version while the boys created a cool rap.

Jen gave them all prizes though of parachute men and bubble bottles.

Tommy opened his couple of gifts from Jen of a book and some laser fingers and then the kids all went to play. They did games of hide-n'-seek and they found a rope swing to swing off of.

It was fun and a nice break from all the work we had at home with canning and veggies.

To end this post Tommy would like me to share with you his 2 favorite pictures from our little shoot yesterday to get his birthday pictures.

One of our kitties is a little girl named butterscotch and Tommy LOVES her. She loves him too but not the constant attention. She however joined us outside for the shoot and I took a couple of the 2 of them cuddling and having fun.

(don't worry she may look made but she is not. that is just how her face looks after she was hit by a car about 4 years ago, we are so blessed she is still with us as she was our first princess)