Dear William (60 months)

Dear William,

Today you are  5 YEARS OLD!!!!!

I can’t believe it.  Wasn’t it just yesterday you were a tiny little baby?

So much has happened in the last month.

You had a visit from your grandparents; they brought you a giant cake.

 

You showed them your favorite playground.

We all went to Rocky Mountain National Park.

You threw snowballs at Grandpa, in July!!

You got worn out.

But after you rested up, we went for a bike ride!

 

You were sad when your grandparents left, but it cheered you up to play Star Wars with daddy.

 

We read stories, too.

 

And you took a Superhero yoga class.

We visited the Gardens at Spring Creek.

And we went back to your playground, where you practiced mountain climbing.

 

At the end of July, we took a camping trip that involved a long drive through Poudre Canyon.

 

We camped by the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs.

 

The biggest thing of all this month was that we took another trip back to Nicaragua.  William, you are only now just 5 and you have been to Nicaragua 3 times in your life already!

 Breakfast in Managua on the first day.

Mama had to work a lot in the jungle, but you got to do fun stuff with Daddy.  Like ride in the back of a truck.

 

And swim at Ojo de Agua.

 

You actually went to kindergarden for 2 days on Ometepe.

When you weren’t busy studying, you enjoyed chasing chickens around the yard (I’m not sure they enjoyed it so much).

 

You had plenty of hammock time.

 

You loved going down to the dock and watching the sunset.

 

We got to see Eduardo again.

 

Before we left Ometepe, we spent a day in Moyogalpa.  We went to a museum of Nicaraguan pre-history, and I bought you a toy bird.

 

You helped me run some errands in Managua.

 

We went swimming at the hotel pool in Managua, and I figured out how to order you some french fries.

 

It was a long, long, very long trip back home, but you didn’t complain.

After we got back to Colorado, it was time for your birthday!

You were thrilled that your birthday coincided with Taco Tuesday.

 

You helped me bake and decorate your cake (High Altitude: 0.  Us: 1).

 

William, you are my best little buddy.  I am the luckiest mom in the world.  We’ve had so many amazing adventures these past 5 years, and I know we are just going to keep on having more.

Love always,

Mama