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Happy 5th Birthday Captain Computer (w. Thomas & Friends giveaway)

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I loved you the minute I saw you. A big healthy 8 lb 13 ounce boy born in the heat of the summer unlike your sister who was born in the dead of winter.  I know it’s cliché to say, but it does seem like just yesterday. 
Today that baby is long gone. He’s replaced by a big boy who would rather tinker and build while completing a great project than write, read, or show me what he knows about the alphabet. You could care less about showing off for a teacher or performing for a test. You’d rather be in the yard figuring out the properties of water, exploring the principles of flight as you swing through the trees, practicing aerodynamics in the pool, and doing any sort of work that taps into the engineering gene that runs strong in your DNA.
I can’t believe you’re 5 and that you’re starting kindergarten soon. You’ve been my nap buddy, my cooking helper, and my companion during the hours that your sister has been at school.  I’ll miss our time together answering your many questions, snuggling on the couch, your hysterical laughter, and filling the living room with track for intricately designed routes for your many train cars. Whether wooden or electric Lionel, you’re always quite the problem solver when it comes to new train setups!
It’s only fitting that we’re celebrating this milestone birthday with a trip on Amtrak to New York City and giving away one of your most favorite toys ever- a Thomas & Friends Crane & Cargo Figure 8 Set. See giveaway instructions below.
You’re a big picture kind of kid who doesn’t like to play with the little sets for long. You think of things on a larger scale, always telling me to connect things here, make track go there, and testing the limits of your toys through exploration within reason.
Exploration within reason is the way you live your life. Sometimes it makes me nervous but I’ve come to accept the fact that you know your limits that have maybe come with one too many accidents and trips to the hospital in your younger years.
I’m also coming to accept the fact that you’re growing up but a part of me knows you’ll always be my baby.
Happy birthday big boy! I love you always!
 
GIVEAWAY: In honor of Captain Computer’s 5th birthday, share a birthday memory that you have of your children or of your own childhood by Wednesday, August 17. Leave an email address or a Twitter handle where I can reach you when you win.
For extra entries, complete the above and any of the following:
  • Leave a comment about the Thomas & Friends train car that is the favorite in your house.
  • Tweet this daily and leave a link to your tweet in your comment: @TechSavvyMama celebrates her train loving son’s 5th birthday w/ #Thomas set #giveaway from @LCToys. Enter here: www.TechSavvyMama.com
I received a Thomas & Friends Crane & Cargo Figure 8 Set for review purposes prior to Captain Computer’s birthday. It was just fitting to hold this giveaway on the day of my train lover’s birthday.  All other Thomas & Friends items pictured in the above photos were personally purchased or gifts from family members. Amazon affiliate links contained in this post.  Happy Birthday photo courtesy of Photos.com.


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  1. Alexis says

    Happy 5th Birthday Captain Computer! I know you’ve never met, but when you finally do, you and Drew will get along famously!
    Xxoo Alexis (Mommy’s long time friend)

  2. Busy Mom says

    Happy Birthday! I think it is adorable that I have had 4 kids and Thomas the Train never gets old – now my 6 year old is building tracks for his 2 year old brother and his 4 year old sister loves the “girl” trains. James was a favorite first and now Thomas seems to be the “fought over” train. We have adorable videos of them opening birthday gifts screaming – Trains!!!

  6. susanlanai says

    My little one’s first birthday is one we’ll never forget. He was so excited to see and have a birthday cake that he just dug in. Talk about enjoying it all!
    @susanlanai