Ronan Turns Five!

Friday, March 20, 2009

Ro was up bright and early today, asking for his presents. We finally convinced him to wait until 1pm, the time he was born, for cake and presents. Sherry made a really cool-looking volcano cake, decorated with toy dinosaurs, then took Ro to Mt Drury Park until it was time for lunch.

Ro seems to find a new praying mantis pet every week

Ro's 5th birthday cake

Ro blowing out his candles

Enjoying the volcano on our balcony

Thanks to all of Ro's grandparents for sending cards - much appreciated! From us he got a set of Hot Wheel type New Zealand emergency vehicles, a mask that came with it's own painting kit to decorate it, a Nerf-type football with a tail and spiral grooves to help with throwing, some marbles, a pair of binoculars, some Ben-10 temporary tattoos, and a big Lego airplane set. After putting the airplane together, we spent the afternoon at Coronation Park throwing the ball around.

Ro always looks through the wrong end of binoculars first

Yeeahhh, baby!

Ro & Mark playing rugby in the park

Keep your eye on the ball!

Ro wanted pizza for dinner, so we got takeaway from Pizza Hut down the block. He must have been starving, because he ate 5 pieces and another piece of cake. Then he wanted to watch a scary movie, and as luck would have it, Cloverfield was on. He didn't seem scared by it - we'll see what happens in the middle of the night tonight.