Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Happy Birthday, Brian!

Today you are 4 years old.  Old enough to know your age, as well as how old you were, and how old you will be.  Given free reign of the breakfast menu, you chose waffles.  You were going to help make them, but wandered off to play, then wondered why you hadn’t gotten to help make them.  While we were eating, you wondered why Daddy wasn’t up yet… you are getting used to having him around on weekends, which is a bit of a novelty!  We went to a playgroup and had a blast with new friends and old friends too.  You were even surprised with little cupcakes!

You had so much fun this morning that you passed out (along with Eli) on the way home. 

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It was incredibly adorable. 

I said you could have whatever you wanted for dinner, too.  “Anything at all, like…” I was going to finish with “pizza” but you were clearly thinking faster than I was and shouted “parsnips!”  I think this was more a think-of-the-weirdest-food-you-can-name thing, and not something you actually wanted.  Later you told me you wanted “China food”, so we got takeout.  You got the best fortune: To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world.

We took a family picture:

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It reminded me of this.

Then we went out for ice cream, yay!

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The sign was generically perfect; you announced, “Yup, they know I’m the birthday boy!”  So we forced you to take a picture.  Sorry, but it was too cute to pass up. 

DSC_0405 We spent the rest of the evening eating raspberries right off the bushes until it was time for bed.  Happy Birthday to our bright, funny, sweet little boy!  You are the world to us!

2 comments:

irene said...

..and to us too!!

Jen Richards said...

Hey Monica!! I did not know you had a blog?! Happy Birthday Brian!! Can you believe we are parents to 4 year-olds? Hope he had a great day :)