Six!

Wednesday was Noah's 6th birthday.  We celebrated it first thing in the morning, since we were busy in the evening at church.  He asked for Rice Krispy Treats for his school birthday treats, so we jazzed it up by doing Cake Batter Rice Krispy Treats. 

Check out the load of Valentine's that landed at our house on Tuesday!

This is how Noah said someone should be photographed on their birthday.

At breakfast Noah opened the cards he got in the mail and his presents from us.  He got an awesome card from Grandma and Grandpa Schrag that plays a fun song and was full of cash.  Noah had a great time counting the twenty $1 bills that came in the card.

He's already scheming what he'll buy at the John Deere store with his money.

We gave him a John Deere sweatshirt, fences and

a Big Wooden Lean To.

At church, in an attempt to make it feel more like his birthday, I stuck a candle in Noah's piece of cake.  Ben lit the candle and we sang to him.  We actually had to light it twice so Levi could get a turn to blow out the candle.

When we got home from church, we could barely pull him away from his new lean to, fence, animals and tractors in order to put him to bed.  He laid down complaining that his head hurt, but eventually fell asleep.

It didn't last though.  He spent the last hours of his birthday with an earache.  He woke up at 10:30 crying and moaning (loudly) about his ear hurting.  It went on and on until 1am when the medicine finally kicked in enough for him to sleep.  Thankfully, he woke up today happy and ready to go to school.