Joshua is counting down the days until he turns five. We have been saying the past year that he is four going on seven because he just tries to do just about everything Jake does. Joshua started to read in March and can now read just about every word in "Hop on Pop" and "Go Dog Go". He just loves these books and will read them just about every day.
Joshua is such a fun kid! He is always do little silly things and making us all laugh. He loves to entertain and has such a fun personality. He can be such a goof but also has a real studious side. He loves doing workbooks, mazes, math facts, etc and wants to follow what Jake is doing in school.
Josh played his first year of team baseball and was so much fun to watch. He showed so much enthusiasm playing and would just get so excited every time he would get on base. While he was in the outfield Josh would play in the dirt, spin around, and take off his shoes to get the dirt out. We were on him about focusing in on the game and he did better as the season went on but those first few games were very entertaining. He technically was not old enough for this team baseball yet but really wanted to play after watching Jake all these years.
During the day on Josh's birthday we went to Jake's end of the year school picnic. Joshua was not real thrilled about doing something for Jake on his big day but did have a lot of fun at the picnic. Grandma bought happy meals and the kids played at the park overlooking the Mississippi river.
We celebrated Joshua's 5th birthday with Grandma at Dave and Busters. This was the kids first time there and they all really enjoyed it! Joshua's favorite games were the nascar game and the horse racing game. Joshua picked out a "Dave and Busters" kick ball with all the tickets he won!
We also had another party for Joshua over Memorial Day weekend at Space Aliens when the Maninis were in town visiting us. Space Aliens is the kids favorite restaurant because they have a lot of cool games to play. We drove up north a bit and went to a park reserve and the kids got to play in the lake. We also saw a bald eagles nest and a bald eagle flying around. We get bald eagles in our backyard now and then and are fascinated by them. We all had so much fun spending time with Vince, Lisa, Lauren, Vincent, and Kaitlyn.
Some of Joshua's favorite things now are Spiderman, Nascar, Star Wars and Cars. His birthday theme was cars. He loves to play outside with Jake and Jenna and all the neighbor kids. He is starting to practice riding without training wheels. He runs around a lot outside and loves playing on the swingset, playing at the park, super soakers, lightsabers, baseball, soccer, video games, plus a ton more... Some of his favorite gifts were his big lego airplane and other lego sets. Joshua is enjoying the summer and ready for Kindergarten in the fall!
