Happy Birthday Kenrick

Today is Kenrick's birthday. It's kind of hard to believe our little boy is growing up, but it's happening. There were some important milestones this year; Kenrick started kindergarten, piano lessons, swim lessons. He rode on his first roller coaster. He's learning how to read and write. He's as silly as ever.

We had an early party for him in Chicago when Grandpa and Grandma came to visit. Tristan came along too, and the boys had a grand time together. Mom made fancy cupcakes and a few presents were dismantled to finish things off.

We went to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry earlier in the day. Admission was free that day, so everyone else in Chicago was there too. It's a fantastic museum, and even though it was a bit crowded a fun time was had by all.

One of the displays that was new from the last time we'd been there was a model train setup that has got to hold some kind of record for size and detail. On one end they've modeled the city of Chicago, complete with drawbridges, the 'L', and a subway:

And on the other end, with prairie and mountains between them, the city of Seattle, complete with the Space Needle and the fish market:

I don't know how many trains there were running around the multiple tracks, but some of the freight trains had 100 cars. Seriously.

Anyway, we saw lots of other neat things but didn't get too many more pictures. The kids were pretty much worn out when we were done.

Today we celebrated Kenrick's birthday quietly; mom sang "Happy Birthday" when she woke him up, he took some treats in to his class, and he got to pick out what we had for supper (kind of). This evening when I tucked him in to bed I asked him, "Can you believe you're six?" I can't.