Birthday Boy!!

July 23, 2013

Tate's 4th Birthday

I cannot believe my baby is 4 years old!

He actually slept in this morning.  I think he is still making up for the interrupted sleep of being sick.  So at 6:30 he was still snoozing away.  He woke up scared looking for me around 6:35.  I went upstairs gave him lots of hugs and kisses and convinced him to come on downstairs as this was waiting for him...

Frosted Flakes AKA Tiger Cheerios in our house.  Tate's normal breakfast every.single.day. is Cheerios, plain oatmeal and plain yogurt, but on special occasions I let him have Frosted Flakes.  However, he does not understand that cereal does not equal Cheerios therefore he calls them Tiger Cheerios.  The presents were from me, his cousins in NYC and his grandparents in Germany.

He was most excited initially about the Tiger Cheerios!

So excited!

I took him to work with me again as he was still coughing and a bit under the weather.  I was only working half a day as I had planned to bring cake to his daycare to celebrate his birthday.  Just like the day before he did awesome playing with his trains for 2 hours, coloring just a bit and watching 'Steam Trains', 'Curious George' and then some 'Word World.'

We came home for a quick lunch and opened a couple more gifts that were on our doorstep.  (please forgive my crunching my toast...I was eating fast as I could because we didn't have a lot of time!)

We were then off to the pediatrician for a follow up to his illness, needing to check his lungs had cleared and we were not heading towards bronchitis or walking pneumonia again this year.  She gave him a clean bill of health!!

What birthday wouldn't be complete without a bit of ice cream?  We headed off to Marble Slab!

He got to have 4 M&Ms in his vanilla ice cream!

We then headed back home so he could play for a bit.  Then it was time to open Mommy's 'big' gift.  (I've set up a reading nook in his new room!  Those 'train cars' are actually bookshelves!)

The book he's been coveting..
'Steam Train, Dream Train'

 

So. Very. Cool!

Wow!!  He looks about 9 years old here! 

Then Aunt Shelley came over!!!  He opened her presents!!  Wow!  Two sets of Thomas pajamas, 6 pairs of Thomas underwear, a Thomas outfit and a gorgeous train picture frame!!  Aunt Shelley joined us for the birthday dinner at the Barnaby's AKA The French Fry Place according to Tate.

Goodness I love this child.

Note the train shaped grill cheese sandwich on Tate's
plate.  He was refusing to eat the grilled cheese so I
fashioned a train with a knife and some imagination.

We made our way home after wine, hamburgers and lots of french fries!   Aunt Lindsey stopped by for a birthday hello...

....then it was time for bed.  Tate and I headed upstairs, got him dressed, teeth brushed and flossed, 'Steam Train, Dream Train' read along with Maisy's Train. Then I convinced him to let me rock him to sleep.  Our 4th July 23rd together ended the same way our 1st July 23rd together started.

In each other's arms.