Spencer is 5! He was super excited for his birthday to come and was very excited the whole day long. We are so happy he is in our family and are amazed at his many skills and talents, as well as his energy level!
Just a few days before his birthday Spencer changed his mind and requested a train cake, so we watched a tutorial online and tried one out. He was very happy with it and that made me feel like a good mom even if I'm not an amazing cake-decorator!
I struggled to know what kind of toy to get him this year and came across this "Melissa & Doug" game that has odd shaped blocks with matching cards and an assortments of ways to play with them. Spencer has always been very interested in putting things in order and has loved these blocks. He wanted to copy the page that showed all the parts, putting all the blocks and cards in the same order as shown in the instructions, and he did it!
Spencer (and Esther) has also become a fan of the PBS show "Dinosaur Train," and has had fun doing science experiments with his daddy recently, so he was very interested in this egg that hatched with Buddy inside. If Daniel keeps at it there may be more than one scientist in this family, but Spencer does read a lot of books and loves to tell stories so it appears he is taking after his mom as well. It's great to watch his personality unfold and we're enjoying this last year with him at home before he starts school next year. The years are sure to go faster after that!
