Today Emerson turned 5! We had a really fun day planned for him. We took him, along with Mr & Mrs Newsom, Jasmyn, Jayda, Mrs. Pote, Eric and Alex to Chuck-E-Cheese with us in Orange, CT. It was about a 30 minute drive, but well worth it! We ate a bunch of pizza and played all the games. Emerson's favorite game was the one where the wheel spins and lands on a number that decides how many tickets it will give you. On one of his 1st tries, he landed on 75, the max for that machine! Once we turned in all of our tickets for prizes, we headed back to our house for cake. Mom stayed up pretty late last night making it. It was 4 layers: 2 bottom white cake layers covered in buttercream and filled with a strawberry filling, and then 2 top butter cake layers also covered in buttercream but filled with a chocolate mousse. The best part was that she was able to find the Super Mario "fig-a-rines" (that's how Em says "figurines") to decorate some of the cake with. Poppop Ladd, Aunt Betsey, and Uncle David even came over to sing Happy Birthday and have a piece of cake with us! After cake Em got to open his presents. He got such a great haul! He also really enjoyed being "king for the day" and had no problem ordering the rest of us around with what we call his "royal decrees"! We are so lucky to have Emerson in our lives. He brings us so much joy and laughter and life is just better with him! We love you Emerson!!
