Cy's Birthday Weekend

What a week is has been with Cy. I'll be honest, it didn't start out too great. He has been so sassy and having a really tough attitude that I dont even know how to parent. Then to boot, we got a call from the school that he had thrown a snowball at girls head and had kicked her.  Ugh. As a parent I really don't want that to ever be my kid. But it is really him that threw the snowball. Dang it. 

Trying to come up with a punishment for him was tricky because he didn't really seem to care. And as the week progressed it got harder dealing with this new attitude. He was grounded from xbox for several days, but the way that his attitude was progressing and nothing seemed to help, we had to make a change on what he was doing for his birthday party. He wanted to go to DartSide like Ryker did. But Jesse and I decided we better downgrade it a bit so that he could understand what he was doing and how he was acting was not ok.

Oh but when I had to tell him what we had decided he was so sad. And then I just felt like a big fat jerk. Oh the joys of parenting. 

Friday night though was really nice. We took him to dinner. Just the 3 of us. Again, he wanted to do what Ryker did. So we took him to Mikado. In hind-sight we think he would have been jsut as happy if not happier if we went to Chik-fil-a. But that's ok. It was still fun to take him to some place special. 

I really do love having the one-on-one times with my boys. It makes for moments for bonding. 

He went to town on the edamame.

Saturday I took the day off so we could celebrate with Cy and his friends. We decided to take him to Kangaroo Zoo. Even though it wasn't DartSide he was still excited.

Cy invited friends from our neighborhood, his class, from our old neighborhood or family. His number one pick to be there is his classmate Kamden. But Kam came down with an ear infection or something and couldn't make it. But thankfull he still had several friends to make him feel loved.
Back Row: (left to right) Tanner and Bailey Bement, Ryker, Sterling and Sunny Snow
Front Row (left to right): Trent Mercer, Hailee Seaman, Jocie Snow, Cy and Kruz Jenkins

They all had a great time getting sweaty, thirsty, hot, hungry and tired together. It was interesting to see that the boys would stick together and the girls would stick together.

Mom and Dad were tending Sterling and Evie this weekend while Andrew and Emily were in Vegas with some friends. So we were so excited to get the cousins together. It was cute to watch Fynn and Evie play together in the bounce houses.

After an hour of craziness we took the kiddos across the street to a pizza cafe for lunch. While we were waiting for the pizza to cook we opened gifts. Jocie and Sunny had to leave early so they couldn't come so I didn't get any pictures of them at the pizza cafe.

He is kinda cute. Haha I think I keep him and all his trouble.

Tonight we had the whole family over for dinner, dessert and gifts. Cy requested Spaghetti, Ceaser Salad (he calls it Little Ceaser's Salad haha) and garlic bread. It was easy and a hit with everyone.

We opened gifts...

Took pictures...

And sang Happy Birthday! Cy wanted Peach dessert with whip cream. So Heidi made him a pound cake and brought her peach jam that didn't set up. So it's a perfect sauce to go on top of the cake.

Even though the week started out rough it most definitely ended great! Cy really is a great kid and we love him so much. I may not know how to parent him at times, but his personality will serve him well when he's an adult.
Happy birthday my sweet Cy. You make me so happy and so crazy! Thank you for stretching my parenting skills so that I can learn how to be a better mother.

Things about Cy at his age right now are...
-Loves Legos
-Enjoys playing with the Rubix cube with Ryker
-Loves his birthday
-Thrives with structure
-Could have a serious addiction to Xbox if we didn't keep it under control
-Flag Football Season is coming up and he's excited about it.
-Very picky with how his clothes feel on him. I actually had to take him shopping for his birthday to have him try on stuff so he wouldn't complain about them.
-When he's in a good mood he is the sweetest little boy
-When Fynn is sad Cy is always there giving him a toy or something to try and cheer him up.
-Loves being with his family. When we took him to dinner for his birthday he was actually kinda sad that Ryker and Fynn weren't coming.
-Picking up on his reading quite nicely
-Wets the bed (pullup) every night
-Requests Spaghetti for almost every meal.
-Can be very giving when he wants to be.
-Loves spending time with his grandparents. When I have to pick him up from their house and I've been gone, he actually gives me a sad face because he doesn't want to leave. I won't take offense to that. I'm happy that he loves being with them.
-Surprisingly likes cleaning toilets.