Last Day of Five ...

I have always been a wee bit nostalgic and admittedly sad on the eve of a birthday of any of my children. I think about how much more I wanted to squeeze in the year before and how I wanted to write down details of all the great memories for further evidence of the great times.

When anyone would say that MK, W or A would be the next age before they actually turned it, I had to correct them, even if it were literally right around the corner. We just had more living to do at that age and I did not want to accelerate the process because I wasn't ready for it to be over.

So here I am today hanging on to FIVE and it will soon be eclipsed by SIX. There are more memories to make, more pictures to take and some journaling to do to chronicle the years of their life but I remind myself... IT IS NOT OVER.... life is just marching on as it is intended.

I am truly blessed and have this sweet family to love on so no matter the age I cannot be awashed in sadness while there is so much to be grateful for.

While I was doing all this pondering, I asked W to let me take a few pictures of his last day of being five and he looked at me like 'are you kidding?'... okay, he said that. Anyway, he indulged me and here it is posted and everything. W on his last day of FIVE!