Happy 4th Birthday!

Today I'm 4! November 4, 2011 - my Golden Birthday! It was a super fun day! First I opened a couple of presents before we left home.

Then we headed out and had a birthday breakfast at Ted's Diner

Mine and Alayna's pancake with strawberries and whipped cream. It sure was good! It was HUGE though - that's why we shared it! See...Curious George even made it out again this year!

Blowing out my candles. The whole diner sang Happy Birthday to me

Alayna enjoyed it!

So did I! After everyone sang to me - one of the diner "regulars" gave both Alayna and I a silver dollar because it was my birthday. Wasn't that SOOOO nice!

Then...off to Flabbergast for a morning of jumping in bounce houses and going down big slides. FUN!

Hooray!

Then after a short rest time in the afternoon Daddy and I played baseball in the backyard. I used the new METAL bat and bases I got from my aunt, uncle and cousins at my birthday party a few weeks ago.

Here I missed the ball. "Daddy, you're not so much of a good pitcher. You keep missing my bat!" (ok buddy!)

Here I CRUSHED IT!

Then I ran the bases...this time Daddy caught me.

Birthday cupcakes Mommy made. She made enough for me to take to my class for my birthday treat and there were 5 left for our family to celebrate with on my birthday.

Whew! Got 'em all. It was a really fun day!

Grant at 4

- size 3T pants, 4T shirts

- in preschool - loves it

- would watch TV/movies all day if I let him

- favorite tv show - Wild Krats on PBS

- favorite color - orange

- has been eating better lately. Although he is a SLOW eater - he has generally be eating everything on his plate the last month or so.

- LOVES to play outside - ride his bike, play baseball, ride 4-wheeler, dig up worms

- loves swimming

- knows 75% of his letters by sight

- writes his "G" backwards :) - but that's the only letter of his name he can sorta write if you ask him to

- likes to sing in Sunday School

- cries easy when he's tired

- waits til the last possible second to go to the bathroom - especially when watching TV

- LOVES his little brother - asks to hold him and tells him he misses him when he's gone

- thinks chewing gum is the coolest thing

- got his first cavity at age 4 - filling to come in Dec :( His teeth (baby teeth) are very crowded and the cavity appeared b/w some lower back teeth

- typically eats cereal for breakfast

- seems to have a hard time staying focused. "Grant please change your clothes" is typically repeated 4 or 6 times and finally his shirt might be changed :)

- thinks new tennis shoes make him run WAY faster

- is an all-around very sweet and loving boy!

I love you Grant Arthur!