and then he was four

It came awfully early in the morning (and heaven knows it seemed even earlier for the parental folk who were recovering from flu) but came it did, and it brought car-shaped gifts.

And what is coming to be known as "the face."

As luck would have it, the three cars came in the exact colors of Lightning McQueen, Dinoco's The King and Chick Hicks.

So there were also some really great impressions of famous Pixar racecars.

Momma had every intention of making cupcakes for the class, but luckily there were treats in the pantry to step in when flu-ridden momma dropped the ball.

We did a quick warm up for school: How old are you? Four! How old are you? FOUR!

And he ran off to school and was crowned The Birthday Boy. (But even birthday boys have to hold their treats up high, because doggies don't respect the birthday.)

And then we declared the ever-popular Snacky Dinner--which is really just a leftover smorgasboard, where we open the fridge and everyone picks what they want to eat, but because we call it "Snacky Dinner" the kids go crazy for it--before putting four candles in a not-homemade cake. There was a wish, there was a successful extinguishing and then much cake was eaten.

I did manage to get one thing right. The balloons provided at least 45 solid minutes of sheer joy as The Bee ran in circles around the kitchen.

At the end of the day, this little man was four. For the life of me, I can't figure out where those last four years went, but I know beyond all doubt, that Mister Ian just gets better and better all the time. And really, as long as he's still willing to snuggle me, it's all good, right?

Comments

[Chelle]

That is one cute little four year old! I love the idea of calling it snacky dinner, maybe the boys would really enjoy leftovers!

[Tiera]

Ahhhh the automoblox. Got a box of those stashed somewhere. There are only so many toys for boys. Happy Birthday! And according to Mrs. C Ian and Chasey are already fighting over girls.

[gramma m]

Handsome little 4-year-old!! ...has killer laugh, too!

[Angie]

Oh man, that's a great smile he's got.