He's older than he's ever been and now he's even older

Nico is 6. finally! The boy was agonizing over his age for weeks and blaming all of us for his birthdate to be so late. The truth is he has nobody to blame other than himself, he was a late baby.

When Amy, Nico's best friend's mom asked him what he wanted for his sixth birthday, he replied 'anything violent'.
That pretty much sums up our lives with Nico in the last 12 months. The warfare, the physical hyperactivity and all the boy related excitement. As outrageous as it may seem to my pacifistic self, I have to say I am enjoying this boyish energy a lot.

I am very grateful to Nico to make me understand and love men for something I always found a bit disturbing and inappropriate. So here we go, gunfights and fart jokes, we have at least another year ahead of us. God helps us :-) and ....
Happy birthday pumpkin!