My sweet Micah Boy recently had his 5th birthday. I can't believe he's getting ready to start kindergarten in just one week! And he's beside himself with excitement about being so big and finally getting to start school. He's been anxious to join his brothers in the ranks of official school for a while now. My boy decided almost a year ago that he was tired of waiting for people to read to him and started reading on his own. I was not trying to teach him at all, he just began sounding things out and asking how to read every word he couldn't figure out himself. It won't be long before he's reading on the same level with his two big brothers, which, I'm sure, would thoroughly delight him. :-) Micah is a super fun little brother, a great accomplice to have in any game, but he's also a great big brother. He and Mercy have become quite the chums in the past year, playing 
together for hours almost every day. He loves to make her and everyone else laugh, sometimes just doing silly stuff to illicit giggles. It never ceases to make me smile when I hear Micah and Mercy in another room just laughing and giggling their hearts out. So fun! Micah is comfortable in his place in our family, being the big and little brother. He can hold his own with most activities he does with Luke and Joshua, but if there's something they want to do that he just can't yet, he's perfectly okay with doing his own thing. One thing that he enjoys even more than the others is playing chess. Joshua taught him how and then Micah was the one who taught me! He's the only boy who has beat both his father and me. He's an aggressive little player, so don't underestimate him because of his age! Recently he had the chance to go to the local swimming pool with his daddy and practice his swimming skills, which he caught on to with surprising speed. Daddy says Micah is probably going to be our best swimmer! He's such a fast learner, no matter what it is he's trying to pick up. Drawing is another skill that Micah has developed very quickly, drawing very involved and detailed pictures for us. With everything he learns from his big brothers, he can do many things better at this age than they they did when they were this age. 
Our Micah is also very much a quality time guy. He loves and flourishes with undivided attention. He's always asking us to play a game with him just to spend time with him. Maybe that's why he and Mercy get along so well. Mercy just adores her affectionate big brother! Another thing that's really cute about Micah is his food hum. :-) When he's enjoying eating something, he hums. So, every morning when he's eating cereal, he's always humming. I don't think he knows he's doing it, and the others didn't do that, but it's almost like a purring sound. So cute! His contagious grin, enthusiastic chatter, playful giggle, and affectionate hugs brighten our world everyday. I so love my sweet Micah Boy!
together for hours almost every day. He loves to make her and everyone else laugh, sometimes just doing silly stuff to illicit giggles. It never ceases to make me smile when I hear Micah and Mercy in another room just laughing and giggling their hearts out. So fun! Micah is comfortable in his place in our family, being the big and little brother. He can hold his own with most activities he does with Luke and Joshua, but if there's something they want to do that he just can't yet, he's perfectly okay with doing his own thing. One thing that he enjoys even more than the others is playing chess. Joshua taught him how and then Micah was the one who taught me! He's the only boy who has beat both his father and me. He's an aggressive little player, so don't underestimate him because of his age! Recently he had the chance to go to the local swimming pool with his daddy and practice his swimming skills, which he caught on to with surprising speed. Daddy says Micah is probably going to be our best swimmer! He's such a fast learner, no matter what it is he's trying to pick up. Drawing is another skill that Micah has developed very quickly, drawing very involved and detailed pictures for us. With everything he learns from his big brothers, he can do many things better at this age than they they did when they were this age. 
Our Micah is also very much a quality time guy. He loves and flourishes with undivided attention. He's always asking us to play a game with him just to spend time with him. Maybe that's why he and Mercy get along so well. Mercy just adores her affectionate big brother! Another thing that's really cute about Micah is his food hum. :-) When he's enjoying eating something, he hums. So, every morning when he's eating cereal, he's always humming. I don't think he knows he's doing it, and the others didn't do that, but it's almost like a purring sound. So cute! His contagious grin, enthusiastic chatter, playful giggle, and affectionate hugs brighten our world everyday. I so love my sweet Micah Boy! Micah's 5th birthday was a Ninjago (Lego Ninja) birthday, and everyone greatly enjoyed all the ninja activities. We had a team of 7 college students spending the summer here doing a cultural exchange. Three of the guys came over the night before Micah's birthday and helped us decorate and come up with all sorts of fun ninja games/obstacle courses. One of the guys spent a long time creating a Ninjago design on a plastic cup so Micah would have his own birthday cup. The next day that same guy and one of the girls decorated the coolest ninja cake ever! Check out the fun pictures below...
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| This is the boy's room, when they woke up the morning of Micah's birthday they had their first ninja strength test. :-) |
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| Finding Ninjago decorations was quite challenging, but it was what Micah wanted, so we had to use our imaginations a little bit. I was able to order these great Ninjago eye stickers and put them on everything: balloons, plates, cups, etc. It automatically turned everything into a ninja! Thanks for the great idea, Mindy! |
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| The special birthday chair was very cool. |
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| Micah's birthday menu: birthday doughnuts started our day, breakfast burritos for lunch and Papa John's pizza for supper. Great choices, Micah! Notice the cool cup... |
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| All three boys got new ninja t-shirts for the occasion. |
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| He's been wanting this Lego Joker forever to go with the Batman one that he got for his birthday last year. He was pretty excited to complete his set. |
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| Micah had the coolest Ninjago birthday cake ever! |
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| Part of the ninja obstacle course... be careful that you don't touch any of the laser beams! |
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| Due to his fantastic reading ability and desire to do anything his brothers can do, Micah got his first real Bible at age 5. |
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| I just love the look on his face. This is when he opened his Green Ninja suit. Can you tell he's excited about it? |
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| Happy Birthday to my favorite 5 year old! I'm so proud you're my son, and I love you so very much! |
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