Nikolai Turns SIX

 Something clicked this summer, and our little boy became a little dude! He is reading, computing mental math (he figured out 16x4 for fun in his head this week), learned how to skip, and just overall has grown and developed beyond belief. He and Alexander continue to be best friends and share a room and most of their free time together.

We had an absolute blast hosting a dodgeball, nerf gun birthday party for Nikolai.

In classic Crew fashion, Daniel took the idea and ran with it, making the day absolutely EPIC!

Niko showed pure joy with every gift he opened.

Always eager to share

Alexander's gift - a giant Creeper Lego

I credit Pokemon with Niko's amazing reading and math skills

Science fun in the form of clay and cake volcanoes!

Alexander was a leader in true fashion, letting his brother have the limelight all day, never drawing the attention to himself.

The fun started a couple weeks before, when Gammie took us to Cirque du Soleil for Nikolai's birthday. He happened to be chosen to take the class mascot, Pete the Cat, home for the weekend, so Pete changed the event to CirCAT du Soleil!