8 more days!!

My sweet Joe.....needs so much sugar in his blood stream just to keep being sweet!!

Joseph turns the big 5 in eight more days....he couldn't be more thrilled. Every day he asks if it is his birthday, and how many more days until it is! We finally made a chain for him so that he could just go count by himself how many more days and we can stop the madness.

I asked Joseph a week or so ago what he wanted for his birthday. He thought for a moment and then replied...."I want a pan, like the one that Hannah broke at school, so that I can make brownies and cakes in it." I smiled thinking it was just a passing thing. Two days ago I asked him again what he wanted for his birthday. "I told you already...I want a pan so that I can make brownies and cakes." We went to the grocery store, and he started adding to the list...."I also want gummies, and my own chips, and lots of food that I can put into my room." (side note: food to Joseph is any type of junk, cookies, candy, chips, goodies, etc.) We walked past the cake section and Hannah asked if he should pick out his cake. I said no, that we still have time. Joseph then said, "Do you know what kind of cake I want for my birthday?" "No Joe, what kind?"....."A wedding cake"...With a giggle I told Joseph this is your birthday, not your wedding! Then he said with a totally strait face, "Well we could invite over Julia (a little girl from his pre-K class)." Now I have known for a long time that he has wanted to marry Julia, because he is quite vocal about it. But the question I have is, what does a wedding cake look like in a 5 year olds mind? Continuing with the shopping trip....He also wanted a Scooby Doo movie and another movie that has slipped my mind. Then as we were checking out, he proclaimed...."I don't want any toys, just my food, and a pan, and movies!"

I am very inclined to grant him his wish.....but the tale is not over...

On Sunday during Sacrament Meeting, he saw a picture of a Razor Scooter. He looked at me and said, "Mom, I want one of those for my birthday!!" I said "Would you rather have a Razor or a pan and food?" He thought for probably 2 minutes and came back with "BOTH." I shook my head and said that he had to choose which one he wanted, that he couldn't have both. Three to four minutes passed and he looked at me and said, "I want a pan."

I couldn't believe it!! This kid is killing me.....he is 5 and he is so obsessed with a pan so that he can make his own brownies and cakes and how he wants his own food in his room. It cracks me up. I keep thinking this eating thing is just a stage and that one day he will shoot up from his short stature and be taller and not eat constantly. But he has so much energy that he has to have something to feed his fire!