Casey's Birthday

I can't believe that Casey turned 5 last week! In the fall he will be off to kindergarten. He will always be my little boy though. He is still very sweet and innocent. Many days are spent as some kind of ferocious animal. Lately he has taken on the role of Travis, his favorite person on his new favorite movie, Old Yeller. Ryan got it for him for his birthday and I think he has watched it every day since. He likes to quote things from the movie now....today is was a saying by the mom, "If you do that I'm going to switch you good!". Another one of his favorite lines is said by Travis when his horse does something silly. Since Casey doesn't have a horse to say it to he says it to us when we do something silly, for just no reason at all. You could just be sitting at the table and he'll say..."Jumpa you jughead!" I'm already amazed at how much of the movie he has memorized.

Thursday was Casey's birthday and we headed to Chuck E. Cheese with Koby, Braidon, Jacob, and Audrey (That took some convincing as he was pretty sure this was to be a no girls allowed party!). Anyway, we had fun playing and then enjoyed some cupcakes for dessert. My parents came in for the weekend so we had a grandparents party on Saturday evening. We had Casey's requested supper of hamburger gravy and mashed potatoes, green beans and fresh fruit. Presents were next on the agenda and then the cake and homemade ice cream. Mom and I spent a great deal of time eariler in the day designing the pens for the many animals on the cake. As goofy as it looked Casey thought it was great! The rest of the night was history because we all sat down and watched Old Yeller. Casey was glued to the T.V. and asks to watch it every day. I'm already getting tired of the movie and it's a little over a week old!