Felix Turns 5

Saturday, March 13th, we celebrated Felix's 5th birthday; he had it themed as super heroes. In the morning we had his friends from school come by for a party and book exchange (which I didn't understand and it led to a kind of embarrassing moment). Renae, who is very clever, came up with this great idea for party favors: the day prior, she created this super hero comic book in Word (I think) with Mad Libs type blanks in the text and balloons. During the party, and while dressed as a super hero herself, Renae had all 17 super hero clad kids captivated with what might become of the words they were shouting out to her. Afterward, I typed those words into the computer in the bedroom, and printed them each a super hero comic book that illustrated their efforts.  I'm really blown away at these ideas Renae comes up with, she doesn't give herself enough credit.
After that, we had about an hour to prepare for the family and friends-of-family party. It was a lot of fun, and Felix got all kinds of great stuff. Tru's aunt Chelsea's boyfriend, Rudy, brought these two incredible Spiderman and Batman pinatas.
For me it is a little sad, as a friend of mine had said, "Five is a big deal, he's like a "kid" now". When I've lamented this, I've had several people remark that it's making me feel old, but that's not it at all. I'm just not ready for him to be five, to be a kid. I so enjoyed his toddlerhood, I don't want it to be over.  Look at me blubbering on.
Felix was writing his Thank You's, when he thought he would include "jokes" in some of them. In one he wrote out his name with a picture of a little person where the E should be. He explained that that was him, and that he had jumped up and knocked the E out. Sure enough, at the top of the card was a lone E, displaced by a wily Felix. He thought he was so funny.