Jonas turned five on Monday. FIVE. That’s a big kid going to real school age. Chris and I are asking each other how this happened. Part of me feels like we’ve had Jonas forever- the other part is feeling like we’re hurtling into the future at warp speed with no braking system or safety net. Jonas turning five also means that Maggie is now 2.5 since my kid’s are exactly 6 months apart to the day. No more babies at this house- both kids are- well, KIDS.

Jonas wanted to have a Diego birthday party, so we invited his entire preschool class and several church friends- about 1/3rd of whom actually RSVPed. Out of the total 25 invites I sent out a whopping 3 invitees actually shoed up- which I think is pretty pathetic and rude. How hard is it to RSVP? It doesn’t bug me if you can’t make it, but it bugs me to have a goodie bag for your child and no attendee. Our society is so plagued with rudeness. RSVP- it translates to RESPOND PLEASE. Not respond if you’re coming or respond if you’re not coming (that’s regrets only) it means “I’m nice enough to include you in the fun- be nice enough to let me know if I should prepare to be your hostess”. Seriously. Grrr. It would burn me up less if it weren’t the 2nd year in a row that this has happened.

On top of that- the weather went from 90 degrees in the shade for a week straight to windy and bitter on the day of his party. Every activity we had planned was a water activity. Since there were so few children, we just stuck to cake, presents and harassing the cats. It was a very short celebration- but Jonas was happy with it.

The other special thing Jonas has been begging to do is to eat his birthday dinner at Chevy’s because the waitstaff sings to the birthday boy and gives him a huge sombrero. Jonas really wanted the hat. So we packed it up and took him to eat Mexican food. He was totally adorable! I’ll let the pics do the talking.

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