Deacon is FIVE!!

On July 30, 2019 Deacon turned 5 years old. He was SO excited for his birthday. I love to watch his enthusiasm for everything. 

As in usual Hartzheim tradition we started the morning with Birthday donuts!

Then he chose to go to Chuck E Cheese with his cousins. We got there right when it opened so it wasn't busy and they could get all the tickets from when the machines are turned on.  

He especially loves the basketball hoop and soccer kicking games.  

The older kids like to get a lot of tickets off the coin game.  

Channing and Charlotte had a blast hanging out together.  

Deacon rode several rides and was so happy to be there.  

Such cute girls. 

Cai liked the train and just went around and around. 

Crew and Deacon tagged along to many of the arcade games.  

They redeemed their tickets and I think they had a good time. Deacon has entered this phase where he always wants to do a silly face in pictures.

Afterward we came home and had pizza and cupcakes.  

Here was my sad attempt at basketball cupcakes. He was happy, so I guess that's all that matters. 

When dad got home we had dinner and cupcakes again.  

We opened presents and he got a cool transformer car toy from his Oma and Opa.

Nerf guns from his Aunt Marisa and Uncle Ethan. 

A soccer book from his Uncle Corey and Aunt Stephani.  

A bike from his Grandma and Grandpa Speers. A water football from Aunt Natalie, a Bumblebee transformer from Uncle Chris and Aunt Chira and shin guards, water guns, water balloons, a backpack and other random things from Ragnar and I. He was excited to play with his presents. 

Right now he really loves games and since we couldn't go swimming because of the weather, we played games together. He is really into Go Fish, Uno Attack, and Obstgarten. 

He also sure loves his daddy. He wakes up early each morning to make sure he can say goodbye to him before he leaves for work!

For his birthday he got tickets to a baseball game. We went on Friday night to see the Astros vs. the Mariners. We had great seats so he was pretty excited to watch. He kept telling me about every single play! 

Since we had 2 pairs of tickets Ragnar and I traded boys after a few innings so they could both be with us. Both sets of tickets were great seats so it was fun for either.  

Deacon was right off the foul line on the 3rd row so a foul ball went right in front of him and a nice gentleman gave him the ball and he was thrilled! 

I am glad we have things that the boys like to do with us.  

He really wanted to stay til the Friday night fireworks and so we stayed and they were pretty cool. He was sound asleep when we got home, but didn't want to let go of his ball. :) Baseball is definitely not a sport Ragnar and I enjoy, but with that great of seats, we had a good time together and Deacon loves every sport, so we were happy to oblige.  

Since we missed the pool on his birthday and he REALLY wanted to show his cousins and his dad that he could go off the diving board, we had the cousins over Saturday for a fun afternoon/evening at the pool.

He had a good birthday/days and I hope he knows how much we love him. He is such an easy going kid and really fun to be around. He is all about sports and very competitive. No matter what you ask him or challenge him with, he says "I can do that, it's easy!" He is a quick learner and has a lot of natural athletic ability. He is so excited to start soccer in a couple weeks. Some other things about Deacon, he loves the color red, goldfish, anything Rockets and he can't go to sleep when they are playing until he knows the score. He is always shooting hoops in the playroom, or kicking a ball in the soccer goal in the backyard. If he is lucky his brother will play baseball with him as well. He still takes a nap, but we are slowly weaning him off since he starts all day kindergarten next week. He is so excited about school, but we will have a really tired boy for a while. He has a stuffed animal Wolfy that he sleeps with. He loves chicken nuggets and vanilla icecream. He wants to wear the same outfit of a grey nike shirt and florescent yellow nike shorts almost everyday and since I do laundry everyday, he thinks it's game to be able to wear it every other day. He is pretty tough when he gets hurt and doesn't usually cry. He can always keep up when we walk places and we usually have to catch up to him. At the grocery store he always uses the aisles as track lanes and races up and down, which is why he rarely comes anymore ;) He has big beautiful blue eyes and is a good kid. He is very active, but also listens fairly well. I am excited to see what life brings our boy and am so grateful he is ours.