Riley is 5 years old today!

I guess every year I am going to be overwhelmed by his birthday, but I really can't believe my baby is five!! We went and signed him up for Kindergarten at Lula Elementary School, and I was probably more nervous than he was. He went right off with the teacher for his evaluation and checked out the classrooms without the slightest concern about where I was. Since I had to go get him to register for kindergarten, I got to join his class for cupcakes and singing happy birthday to Riley. Of course, he went ahead and took another cupcake that the kindergarten teacher gave him when she found out it was his birthday! He got to come back to school with me and he made quite an impression. One of my little girls kept telling me that she loved Riley and another one trailed around behind him all afternoon.
We had his Transformer birthday party on Sunday and it went well. We had 5 kids show up, which was plenty for me, especially since we had to do the party indoors. Though I did make them put their coats on to do the pinata out on the patio, I didn't think any of my light fixtures could withstand that activity! I was grateful to meet some parents from his class too.
Riley made a point of telling everyone that it was his birthday today, maybe he was expecting more cupcakes...