You have turned 5 years old - my goodness, time flies. People tell you this all the time when you become a parent, but nothing seems real until you experience it. I am trying to savor every day, every moment with you but time is going so fast.
When you were born, we gave you the nickname Kicsi Lego (based on a funny song in Hungary) - ironically, your birthday theme for your 5th birthday was LEGOS. You just LOVE LOVE LOVE LEGOS. You got legos from every single person who gave you something (except maybe a couple of daycare friends). And you wanted to put together all of them on one day:) We still need to work on your patience I think - but I understand you were just so excited.
Unfortunately the COVID pandemic put a halt to in person birthday parties for a while. This would have been your first party with friends and I felt so bad not being able to do one - and we are not even traveling to Spain as planed. So I organized a drive by birthday for you and my goodness, it was fantastic! About 12 cars came, your friends, Kace, Nolan, Jaxon, Ava, Willa, Jayden, Felix, Natasha, Teni and Jore, Carolyn, etc. We put the pirate ship slide up on our yard near the road where you stood with Olie next to your balloons! Everyone sang, yelled Happy Birthday, honked, and smiled and passed some gifts out their windows. You were adamant that you want to give goodie bags to your friends, so we did that too!
It was so much fun, Ollie wants the same now - I am so glad it turned out like this - your face just lit up - you couldn't believe how many friends came to wish you a Happy Birthday.
Anyway, you are 5 years old. You are still mama's boy and you love cuddling. You are sensitive and loving (although you are starting to get tougher on Ollie) and you love your family to the moon and back. I love that about you. You have a special talent for building things. You love chess and legos and you are so good at figuring things out (like opening baby gates). You are as observant as you were from the get go and even though you often look like you don't pay attention you actually do.
Every day I look at you and I think how lucky I am to be your Mommy. You have been through so much with your health but take every step as a trooper. You are a loving brother to Ollie and an amazing friend to me. You LOVE Daddy but often you don't take him seriously. I know he is different explaining things than me, but you know that can often be a good thing. Nevertheless he is your Daddy and he would do anything for you - so you must respect him and listen. He has good ideas and good input - he just has a loud way of expressing it and he has a tendency not to follow through. But I can tell you one thing: He has a hard time committing and following through but once he sets his mind to it, there is no stopping DADDY. So don't think that just because he repeats things a lot or just because he doesn't explain things the way I do, he isn't here for you the same way! He is your biggest fan - so take everything he has to offer - you couldn't wish for a better Daddy:)
One of my favorite things about you is your love for Ollie. You are getting tougher with him maybe because he is growing and you feel less protective and more competitive with him. But at the end of the day - you adore him and you are there for him and I admire that about you.
So, Kicsi Lego - I wish you the Happiest of Birthdays and many many many more! I hope I will organize and other drive by for your 50th birthday:) You are my heart from the day you were born. You are in my mind every day every second. Keep being you, keep smiling, keep believing in yourself and just know that Mommy, Daddy and Ollie love you through and through.
- Mommy
