"I'm the Birthday Boy"

Wow! My boy is four! And he reminds me of this fact everyday. He was so excited that friends and relatives were coming to his birthday party, and he was excited about presents and swim party!

We had a John Deere themed party on his actual birthday. My friend Jennifer even made the cake for us, and it was perfect. I rented the clubhouse in the neighborhood so we could hang out, eat cake and swim afterward. It ended up being a perfect day, so we were blessed.

He invited some friends from his new school plus several family friends. There were 7 kids total, two friends of mine from my old work, plus his granddaddy and Bernice, Aunt Kelly, Zachary, my mom and my sister. It was a fun day.

We had a pinata where every child got three hits to the pinata. We had to enlist cousin Zachary, he's 11, to break that sucker open. It was tough! But the candy fell and it was every man for himself.

G was itching to open his presents. He came up to me and said, "I'm the birthday boy, and I say we get to open presents now." Wow. :) But he was able to wait until we got home.

After everyone left, Aunt Kelly, Zachary and the three of us had sushi. Not very kid friendly, but he was pretty eager to try several things.

All in all, we had a fantastic day and we are looking forward to more. Next up, I'll post a little yearly recap I like to do for him.

4 year doc visit recap

We went to a new pediatrician this year since his old pedi doesn't take his new insurance...but it's for the best because there were past charges we didn't care for, so we are making a clean and fresh start.

I was very impressed with the new pediatrician. This is a second career for her, so to me that means she's very committed as she had to accomplish medical school with 3 children and a husband. They took his measurements. He's 42" tall and 40 lbs. Both are on the high side of average. She thinks he'll be about 6' tall, and from the looks of all of the men on my side of the family, I wouldn't be surprised. They pricked his finger, and he was very brave. His hemoglobin was a tiny bit low, but since I recently found out about my strange genetic blood disorder (not serious, really if it's monitored) then I wouldn't be shocked in the least if he had it too. She recommended a vitamin and to make sure he gets lots of red meat and dark green veggies. Uh-huh. :) We'll try that for a few months to see if it makes a difference, but I highly doubt it will. He'll always be a little low.

She had him play all sorts of games. He counted to 20 in Spanish (he was a little shy and this helped him warm up to her), told her some opposites, colors, etc. then he wrote his name for her. She was very impressed. She commented that he was pretty advanced and that she was happy he was learning Spanish or he would probably be bored in pre-school.

Now off to the fun part. Including the flu shot, he received 4 shots that day. OUCH! She mentioned that she was sad that his first appt was at 4 years because he'll never want to come back! The first shot was fine with a litle "ow!" then came "Ouch!" then came the tears and "Stop!" and next came "I DON'T WANT ANOTHER SHOT!" Poor thing. And to top it off he said, "Why did you let the nurse give me shots??" I was almost in tears.

We survived with a little blood and even some bruising. So no more shots for now, until his pedi and I decide whether to take the swine flu shot or now. That's out for a decision in a month or two.

Art

I wanted to post his art from last week. I am so proud. He has such an imagination and explained everything to me. Starting from the bottom right:

A picture of him
A picture of me (very small, so I must be a super model)
A submarine
A house
More houses (at the top in red)
An airplane
And his name (he is getting better at it every time he writes it)

And as for the little dots all over the middle of the page???
He said, "Those are snow bear tracks."

My little pirate

G went to his best "girlfriend's" birthday party over the weekend. She's exactly one week older, and they had a blast together. It was a princess and pirate party at a children's museum in Tennessee. I got to see G in action. He was the host of the party by taking gifts from people as they arrive and showing off his best pirate speak. Too cute. We had a great time! Happy Birthday, K!

Summer Art

A collection of G's art from this summer and the beginning of fall. They create lots of art at his new school. I love it!

First Day in the 4 year old class

Go West Young Man (Labor Day)