Zach is 5!

That's right. Today is Zach's birthday. I can't believe he is already 5. He'll be starting Kindergarten in the fall. Where does the time go? Well, we gave him presents this morning so he could enjoy them for the day. He got some baseball cards and a shooting game where you shoot cans off of a log. A friend in Montana had this and he apparently liked it a lot. They've enjoyed working on their aim today. We did most of our celebrating yesterday. I took Zach, his brothers, and 2 friends to Jump Zone, a room full of inflatable toys. They played there for about 2 1/2 hours and loved it!

Here is Zach next to the Spiderman obstacle course. THIS is why we picked this particular jumpy place. (There are a few around town.) He just HAD to go to the Spiderman one. By the time we left, he was calling Spiderman his friend.

Here is Zach going down the slide of the giant firetruck. It's really a cool place. We enjoyed it very much.

Tomorrow we leave for DC for a few days. Steven's sister and her family live there and we haven't been to visit them in years. Also, several months ago when I asked Zach what he wanted to do for his birthday, he told me that he wanted to see the White House. (He really loves the National Treasure movies.) So I told him that could be arranged. I tried to get us a tour, but to no avail. We'll just have to stand on Pennsylvania Ave and gaze from the street and go to the Visitor's Center. They are also excited about seeing all the monuments and memorials. Not to mention we get to see 2 baseball games in 3 days in 2 different stadiums! We get to mark Camden Yards (Baltimore) and Nationals Park off our "to see" list. Very exciting!

Funny side note - the power went out today around 6 pm for a few hours. Poor Zach started crying thinking that his birthday was cancelled. He is so funny!

Well, we're off! I'll post more after we get back!