First, I decorated the Christmas tree that was still up in the living room, but void of Christmas decorations. We hadn't had a chance to get the tree out yet, so I figured we might as well use it! I'm going to decorate for new years too.
He came out in the morning and had a big smile on his face.
We let him open 2 presents in the morning. The one from Grandma W., and one from us (which was Dolphin Tale).
Here he is opening Grandma's "big bag."
This kid loves anything with cars in it!
I put on Dolphin Tale while the kids ate breakfast...
Then we headed to the pool to swim like Dolphins! This kid is seriously a little fish in the water. Usually he swims all over with a life jacket. April decided to teach him some swimming without it, and he loved it! She said he was getting to the point where he was starting to jump in without her ready. (These pics from the swimming pool are from my phone)
Alex loved all the dolphin decorations. I couldn't believe it when I saw these dolphin/sea life party supplies at the dollar store!
Later in the afternoon I took him over to a friends to play. He had fun (no pics). Later in the afternoon his brother made this "city" for him to drive his new cars on with masking tape. He loved it!
We had a little 4 year-old photo shoot. Yes, his nose looks terrible. He crashed and burned just the day before his birthday on the carpet while pushing a car. Little boys, gotta love them!
He can get that tractor moving, he loves that thing!
I love how these pictures came out, skinned nose and all.
Then it was off to Red Robin for a birthday dinner! They remodeled the one that we usually go to. They added some really fun things for the kids while waiting. These hamburgers were just fun to sit on...
They had a huge chalk board...
Still waiting to get seated. Turns out they didn't even have our name down! Not sure how our name disappeared (they use ipads to keep track), but they fixed it and were able to get us seated without having to wait another 20 minutes.
My kids loved the chalkboard. They pretty much monopolized it during the whole 30 minutes we were waiting to go to our seat.
This picture cracks me up...
We had fun playing with the balloons and static electricity. It is super dry and cold outside right now, so it was easy to make some hair rise with a balloon. Alex has the best hair for this. It is so light and fine. He enjoyed his birthday sundae.
Then, we went home to have cake and ice cream to finish of his birthday!
He opened the rest of his presents. Thanks to Aaron for wrapping them all!
I did a 20 questions birthday interview with Alex, and loved his simple and sweet answers.
Alexander's 4 year old interview
~What is your favorite color? Yellow
~What is your favorite toy? My car set
~What is your favorite stuffed animal? dolphins
~What is your favorite thing to sleep with? my teddy bear
~What is your favorite fruit? apples
~What is your favorite cereal? "Frosty" (frosted flakes)
~What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? sausage mcmuffin sandwich
~What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? pizza!
~What is your favorite dessert? ice cream
~What is your favorite drink? pop
~What do you want to eat for your birthday dinner? Macaroni and cheese from Red Robin
~What is your favorite animal? dolphins
~What is your favorite book? Elephant and Piggie (any of them)
~What is your favorite song? Jingle bells
~What is your favorite game? Hungry hungry hipppos
~What is your favorite TV show? Curious George
~What is your favorite movie? Dolphin Tale
~What is your favorite thing to do outside? Drive my tractor
~Who is your best friend? Thomas and Bentley
~What do you want to be when you grow up? "I just want to be 4!!"
I love that he doesn't want to grow up too fast. That's okay buddy, take your time! Love this little boy, and I love that his day was special.
Desiree
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