John, as he now likes to be called, turned FIVE this past week. It was a pretty big deal. This is his official five year old picture, taken in May in North Carolina. And this is how he looks a lot: happy and full of adventures.
We celebrated his birthday mostly on Sunday. John got to pick breakfast (banana whole wheat pancakes) and help make it, which he loves to do. We ate in the sunshine. Hooray!
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| Batting practice after breakfast |
We started the afternoon with a friend party: Superhero theme! The boys earned power bracelets by completing challenges like tossing Kryptonite into a bucket, spraying bad guys with spider webs (silly string), and tossing Batman discs.
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| One last bad guy to get with Silly String! 🙂 |
He opened presents and you can tell the boys are impressed with the Superman Launcher!
They had a Super Snack before getting ready for the final challenge: an obstacle course at the playground.
The boys were invited to come wearing super hero outfits. JT wanted to have real superman red boots and a real superman belt. So we ordered new rain boots and blue shiny warm up pants, and took a trip to JoAnn Fabrics for belt making supplies. Doesn’t he look great? I love this picture!
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| JT and Asher were both dressed as Supermen |
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| Super Tired! |
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| Lois Lane |
John got spoiled with lots of new cool gifts, like a Razor Scooter, a tennis racket, a snorkel set, new tools, puzzles, Legos, and other toys. He even got a new wallet and some cash!
My mom did an awesome job making his Superman cake. It was soooo yummy.
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| Our nephew, Travis, soon to be ONE! |
On his actual birthday, we spent the day doing fun things. First stop: his new marble race set.
Then John started getting allowance, and he put it in his new wallet. He gets $5 every two weeks. He puts 50 cents into his church jar, 50 cents into his bank jar, and the rest in his wallet.
We went to the lake with friends and enjoyed the warm sunshine!
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| Haley brought me a dead fish from the water. No squeamy tummies here! |
Then I surprised the kids with frozen yogurt as an afternoon snack.
As soon as we got home, John put the batteries in his new truck and tested it out. It was so fun!
We had his five-year-old checkup this week. He is average height and weight for his age and will probably be just under six feet tall as an adult. He had a hearing test, vision test, hemoglobin count, and a urine test. He had to pee in a cup and everything! Everything checked out to a healthy, growing boy. We sure love him, and can’t wait to see what God has planned for FIVE.
The Keene Family 
