Tanner is Six!

 Tanner turned six and was so excited. He had a huge countdown every day and would update his teachers, his speech therapist, our neighbors, everyone knew when his birthday was. He ran into our room so excited that morning. His birthday fell on a Sunday so we got ready for church and enjoyed our morning there.

After church, my parents came over. Part of Tanner's gift from us was a Cameo from Alex Barcello (a starter for BYU basketball). You can pay a small fee and have a famous person send a personalized video to the individual. We had Alex Barcello do one for Tanner and Tanner loved it. He immediately went outside to practice shooting with the tips that Alex gave him.

 The rest of the day was spent opening gifts, eating waffles for dinner, and playing with the family. He picked movie night that night and chose Togo. We like that one. It's a cute story. 

Tanner is most excited to be six because that is the age to play basketball at. He knows the leagues around here don't allow kids to play until first grade. But to him, that just means he has to be six. I foresee Tanner playing a sport every season. In his perfect world, he'd play soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter, soccer in the spring, and swim team every summer. Tanner also accomplished the monkey bars right after turning six.

Tanner also planned his own birthday party by telling a bunch of friends that we were having a party at a certain time on a certain day. This was all, of course, untold to me. So at the last minute, we planned a small get together at our local park. I guess I just didn't think of having a party for him. Whoops. We had some pizza and cake at a park. Then played soccer and basketball. The kids had fun.

His cake request was not just the BYU field but the entire stadium.

Tanner got some playboards to draw his own plays for football, basketball, and soccer.

Playing soccer with friends.

One gift was a dino fossil kit. He liked it a lot.