a happy 4 yr old...

Happy Birthday dear W!  What a big boy you are!  We love you so much!  And it seems only fitting that you had a 4-part birthday this year for your 4th birthday!

W's birthday part 1 - Friday June 17

• Yeah, it is a little early, but we have a tradition of going out to Noodles for birthdays, and there was no time to fit that in on W's actual birthday!
• Plus after a whole week of VBS we all needed a break!
• Uncle J, Auntie C, K & G joined us which made for a fun supper out!

(sorry no pics of that!)

W's birthday part 2 - Sunday June 19

• Dadda was home all day Sunday (also Father's Day!) so we celebrated W's birthday a little early with him
• Also W's cousins/friends could come over that day
• W asked for blueberry cupcakes...I pulled out blueberry muffin mix and he said "THOSE aren't cupcakes, that's MUFFIN mix!"  When I told him I didn't know how to make blueberry cupcakes, he thought for a minute and then said "I know, momma!  We can use the muffin mix!"  Love this boy.  We did doctor them up a bit so they were great "cupcakes" 
• Received one of the best birthday presents from his aunt and uncle - a handmade TENT!   So neat and W has yet to let me take it down...=)

W's birthday part 3 - Monday June 20

• Actual birthday day!!!
• Opened gifts from us in his tent in the morning...just what this boy wanted too.  A Thomas the Train shirt, a James train, Cars cars, and a jungle animal Playmobil set
• Rest of the day was filled with a long day of work for Dadda and a lot of packing for Momma being that our vacation started the next day, but W was happy and content to play with all of his new toys!
• We did make a fun trip to the library, and had Mrs. L over for birthday cupcakes.
• Received very cool Cars sheets from Mrs. L!!!

W's birthday part 4:  Wednesday June 22

• W loved that we got to go to Boppa's farm and thought it was especially for his birthday!  Plus all his aunts and uncles and cousin E were there too!
• Had a bonfire for supper and ate in Boppa's shed - hot dogs, applesauce, biscuits and marshmallows!
• Opened gifts from Boppa and Aahma - his very own little John Deere tractor (1/64 model) like Boppa's, and 3 Elephant and Piggie book by his favorite author, Mo Willems.
• And Auntie J made W the most fabulous wonderful amazing super cool birthday cake - a blue dinosaur!!!!  (By the way, Auntie J loves to make cakes and is very talented - the body is all cake and the head and tail are made from rice crispie bars, and she also made her own fondant to cover the whole thing!  Seriously amazing!)  Thanks Auntie J for a very memorable cake that W is still talking about!