I am this old: 4
The best show on TV is: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
My favorite thing about school (Mommy school) is: Play beards (mustaches)
The thing I am best at is: cleaning up and helping with dishes
If I could change my name, it would be: Rett (he was looking around the room for answers and he saw Rett :)
My favorite color is: Green
My favorite toy is: gripper/picker upper from the dollar tree (one of those long poles with a grip they make for people who can't bend over. He got attached for some reason :)
When I grow up I want to be: firefighter
I like to take these to bed with me at night: flashlight, toys, elephant
My favorite book is: We're going on a bear hunt
My favorite movie is: Bambi
My favorite season of the year is: Fall because of Halloween
A food I really like is: apples
My favorite animal is: giraffes
My favorite sport is: ghosties (tag)
My best friend is: mommy (awwwww!)
My favorite holiday is: Halloween
My favorite thing I did this year: go to the beach
The original plan for James' birthday party was to go to a go-kart place with family so he could ride go-karts for the first time. I just knew he would love racing around in them! The only one I knew about was in South Daytona, which is a bit of a drive for all of Anthony's family since they would already be driving 45 minutes just to get to our house. South Daytona is another 30 minutes away, so I thought we would do it at a place closer to Cocoa. Since we would have to drive for 30 minutes or so either way, I thought it would be better to drive down closer to everyone else. Anthony really liked that idea and said we should do it at a place in Cape Canaveral that has been around for years. I really should have called the place, but I hate calling people on the phone and we figured it would be the same as when we were there 10 years ago. I was so glad that we didn't tell James what we were doing, because when we got there, they didn't have go-karts anymore! All they had was mini-golf and a small arcade. James was happy and excited just to be having fun with everyone but I was a little disappointed. We also underestimated how cold and windy it was going to be, so for some reason I didn't think to bring jackets for us or the boys. James refuses to wear them anyway. He says, "I'm a tough boy, I don't need a jacket".
James loved hitting the ball. He would hit it, run to his ball, pick it up, place it right next to the hole and then hit it in. Sounds like a good strategy to me!
We let him play with the balls while we waited for everyone else to catch up to us. He would collect everyone's balls and then bring them over to Dallas. It was so funny! We tried to point to the hole so that he would put them in there, but he really just wanted to hand them to Dallas.
Anthony took his mini golfing very seriously and tried to line up each shot and keep track of how many strokes.
My mom was worried about Rett being cold, so she bought a sweater at the gift store and wrapped him up in it:
After mini golf we spent some time in the arcade playing games and collecting tickets. James wanted to play every game, regardless of what it was. He wouldn't even look at it, he would run up and say "Let's play this!". He really liked this shooting game where you shot robbers in a store. As I watched him I realized I'm not much of a fan of the shooting games where they shoot realistic looking people, even if they are bad guys. I would much rather he shoot aliens or something if he is going to play a shooting game!
After the arcade we drove down the street to an Italian place for pizza and cupcakes. While we waited for our food, James opened all of his presents and he was so excited for each one. The restaurant was pretty dark so I didn't get any good pictures, but I took some pictures of him with his presents a few days ago to put in his thank you cards.
From his Aunt Robin and his cousins he got a ball and bat set, a bath time safari kit, and a kite. We are saving the kite for the next time we go to the beach!
From Mimi and Papa he got a hooded towel that looks like a fox, complete with paws and a tail. He also got a unicorn towel that he decided to share and make Rett's :)
From Grandma he got a tiny train set and a Spiderman ball and glove. It goes perfectly with his bat!
From Aunt Happy (who wasn't there, but sent him a present in the mail) he got a toy chain saw. He was so excited to add that to his toy power tool collection! He loves to take it around outside and pretend to chop things down with it.
From Mom and Dad he got a Magic School bus science kit and batman spy set with a flashlight, a compass, and binoculars. He calls them "noculars".
I forgot his candle for his cupcakes at the party, so at home the next night he got to have another cupcake and blow out his candle.
A very sweet woman from church volunteered to do all the birthday cards for the primary children, so James also got a birthday card in the mail. I had no idea she was doing this, but she also taped a Sacajawea dollar coin inside the card. James was sooo excited to get a piece of "golden treasure". What a good idea!
He loves being 4 and being "big" now. He will randomly mention something like, "I am 4 now, so I can do (fill in the blank with what he wants to do)". We have talked about how after he turns 4, he will be old enough to go to preschool, so he keeps asking me when he gets to go to school like his friends. I told him after the summer he gets to go, but he wants to go now! We love our sweet, goofy, smart little boy!
1 comment:
Happy Birthday James! I'm mad at myself that I forgot to have us all call! I wish so much we still lived there, we would have loved to have partied with you guys! Bummer about the go-carts but he obviously had fun anyways! Sounds like a fun little party!
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