Tyrel is FIVE

Tyrel turned five on August 23rd.  He is such a good boy and we love him!  We is usually a really good listener, loves playing with Jonah and is starting to get into Legos and video games (probably because of older brother influence).  When Jonah started first grade, Ty was really bored with me.  He kept asking when Jonah would be home and said he needed someone to play with besides me (and I guess Kenzlee didn't count either...she is a baby after all).  They boys share a room, which they complain about a lot but they can NOT sleep in there alone if one of the boys is sleeping elsewhere.  They stay up late talking and they love to play wild kratts together.

Tyrel does have quite the mischievous nature though and Mrs. Herrera (a teacher who taught both Ty and Jonah) said "They are both good boys, but I can definitely tell a difference between Jonah and Ty."  Ty loves to tease his poor baby sister Kenzlee to no avail (she is learning to hold her own though), and he is one of the most distracted people I know.  Matt said he is very distracted too so I'm thinking it's hereditary...or ADHD ;)  When I tell him to clean his room or get his pjs on it is almost comical to watch him loose his focus so many times...almost comical.

Tyrel is one of the sweetest and most forgiving people I know though.  He is very quick to forgive and is always asking what he can do to help.  He wants to make people happy and be good.

Here are some of his favorites:

Movie: Turbo

Book:  Batman Beyond

Thing to Eat:  Pizza

Drink:  Soda

Toy (or thing that you have):  Stuffed Wolf

TV show:  Diego

Thing to Do:  Spend time playing with siblings 

Color:  Red

Dessert:  Cake
Song:  Disney songs

Subject in School:  Show and Tell and coloring and painting and playing with friends

TP room

Ty's party

Tyrel wanted a cinnamon cake, so I looked on pinterest and found one that turned out to be pretty good.

"Look Mom, I'm a master builder!  I built this myself with no instructions!"

Cinnamon Cake Recipe:2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
4 large eggs
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract


Frosting:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
2-3 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 9-inch cake pans. Sift first 4 ingredients into small bowl. Stir milk and butter in small saucepan over low heat just until butter melts; set aside.
Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar in large bowl until thick enough for batter to fall in heavy ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes. Beat in orange peel and vanilla. Add flour mixture; beat just until blended. Add warm milk mixture; beat just until blended. Divide batter between prepared pans.
Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean and cakes begin to pull away from sides of pans, about 24 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on racks 20 minutes. Cut around pan sides and turn cakes out onto racks. Turn cakes right side up.

For frosting, mix the butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer until very smooth. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure even mixing. Add the vanilla extract and cinnamon and mix. Slowly add the powdered sugar. Keep adding until you get to desired sweetness.