Our littlest munchkin turned 4 today. As usual, he's been acting like a 4 year-old for several months now. He is a big time reader, loves to play just about any game and go on any adventure. Since it was a school day for Alex (but not for Aaron on Mondays), we saved most of the celebrating for after school. Remember, we had just come back from
Kalahari Resort the weekend before. We did take him to breakfast at
Cracker Barrel - I think we may have him convinced that it is his favorite place to eat breakfast out, while really it is ours.
He had a lot of fun opening up his presents, as expected. It blew his mind a little when a wrapped package compared his 48 months old to his Grammy's 708 months and Grandpa's 814 months. Don't worry, you'll get there too someday kid (if you eat your vegetables).
When we let him pick where he wanted to have dinner, it was no surprise that it was at Chuck E. Cheese's. Maybe he'll try pizza as a 4 year old. It is a little odd packing him a meal into his favorite restaurant. Though to his credit, the pizza probably is not the best part of Chuck E. Cheese's.
The highlight of the night was Aaron's Grand Star Cake that Becky made him. Of course, both boys are big fans of Mario videogames, and the Grand Star is the big prize for completing major levels of the newest one, Super Mario Galaxy. Becky found a large star cake pan, made him a cake filled with candied "star bits", frosted it with the right color of golden frosting, sprinkled it with sugary glitter, and gave it Pepperidge Farm cookie eyes. Needless to say, it was a big hit and capped off the day in a really fun way. Time is so compressed at this age. This last year constituted a full quarter of his life so far. While the first quarter was cute and sweet, this last quarter has been the most fun for us, and I think for him.
Our littlest munchkin turned 4 today. As usual, he's been acting like a 4 year-old for several months now. He is a big time reader, loves to play just about any game and go on any adventure. Since it was a school day for Alex (but not for Aaron on Mondays), we saved most of the celebrating for after school. Remember, we had just come back from Kalahari Resort the weekend before. We did take him to breakfast at Cracker Barrel - I think we may have him convinced that it is his favorite place to eat breakfast out, while really it is ours.
He had a lot of fun opening up his presents, as expected. It blew his mind a little when a wrapped package compared his 48 months old to his Grammy's 708 months and Grandpa's 814 months. Don't worry, you'll get there too someday kid (if you eat your vegetables).
When we let him pick where he wanted to have dinner, it was no surprise that it was at Chuck E. Cheese's. Maybe he'll try pizza as a 4 year old. It is a little odd packing him a meal into his favorite restaurant. Though to his credit, the pizza probably is not the best part of Chuck E. Cheese's.
The highlight of the night was Aaron's Grand Star Cake that Becky made him. Of course, both boys are big fans of Mario videogames, and the Grand Star is the big prize for completing major levels of the newest one, Super Mario Galaxy. Becky found a large star cake pan, made him a cake filled with candied "star bits", frosted it with the right color of golden frosting, sprinkled it with sugary glitter, and gave it Pepperidge Farm cookie eyes. Needless to say, it was a big hit and capped off the day in a really fun way. Time is so compressed at this age. This last year constituted a full quarter of his life so far. While the first quarter was cute and sweet, this last quarter has been the most fun for us, and I think for him.
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