My 5 Year Old Boy!

My baby turned 5 on the 18th!

Here he is on his birthday eve...his last sleep as a four year old.

We kicked off the celebration of his life with a party at Grandma's house. She put up lots of cool birthday decorations, Aunt Taylor picked out an awesome Sponge Bob ice cream cake, and he got lots of rad presents!


But, that was the week before his birthday. For his actual birthday we went to Woodburn to watch Ally's birthday present get dedicated to the Lord. I suggested that on Saturday we all celebrate Neo's birthday at Chuck. E. Cheese (a.k.a. 'Parent Torture Chamber'), and I asked my talented sister to make him a cool cake. Up until her kids turned 8 or so, she always made them whatever kind of cake they wanted. She's done a tank, gumball machine, ocean, etc. She's awesome.

She decided on a Thomas cake. Thus began the cake-making insecurity that strikes her each party eve. There was much sighing and huffing and moaning and skypes to me that 'it was terrible'...'I should just chuck it'....etc, etc.

I was expecting the worst. Something like this (which I found by googling 'Thomas cake wrecks'):


So, imagine our surprise and delight when we walked in the house and saw this edible piece of art sitting on her kitchen table! I mean, is this a cool cake or what??


In case you can't tell from the photo, this bad boy comes complete with a Thomas engine, five separate cars, and train tracks!! Here's a closer look at the cargo...

Aunt Bethany asked Neo what part he wanted to eat, and he quickly replied, 'Thomas' face!' (boys are weird).

Happy birthday to Neo-boy!