A four year old?? How did THAT happen??

Seriously. Max is four. Our little bitty boy is four years old. FOUR. No matter how much I say it I still can't believe it. Four is kind of a sad age. It's when he really starts to grow up. At three he was still little. Still more like a baby then a big kid. Now, he's lost his baby chubby cheeks and looks like a boy. He's starting to learn to read and write and do big kid stuff. He sits in a booster seat now in the car! He talks more grown up, has more grown up thoughts. He's got one year left at home with me and then it's off into the big big world -- kindergarten.

He was seriously excited to turn four. He'd been talking about his birthday for about 11 months. When the day finally came he was SO excited to come out of his room and find his chair and the kitchen was decorated just for him!





Tyler did a great job on the decorations. We even got a cheap helium tank so we could blow up some balloons for him.



Since his pirate costume no longer fits him he's been growing out of the pirate stage (although still sits and plays with his pirate toys all the time) and into the superhero phase. He's REALLY into Buzz Lightyear and Superman and Spiderman and Batman and all the other "mans" that wear capes or have super powers or rescue people. So his birthday was centered around that.





He got some great presents for his birthday, too. We got him a baseball bat and ball (and he got a glove from Danielle), Spiderman underwear, a Batman t-shirt, a few board games, some coloring books and crayons and some stickers. And the BIG present this year was a...



BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!! A real talking movie sized version. He was shocked he got one and so so excited. I swear there is nothing better than giving your kid a special present, something he's truly wanted for a LONG time. It was priceless!

Lia got a few things, too, since we knew there would be tears if we didn't. And not because she expects presents, she just doesn't understand that it's not her birthday, too. So she got a Tinkerbell doll, some candy and a bowl with a bird in it. She was pretty stoked.



We then decided to spend the day at the Children's Museum in downtown San Diego and we thought Max would love to ride the train down there. So we parked at the Trolley station and rode it down there. It drops you off right in front so it was perfect and Max and Lia both thought it was pretty cool.









The kids had a blast exploring the museum and their favorite part was definitely the clay. Max made a bear, then a snowman, then a bear again and then something else that I can't remember, a rocket I think.



Tyler made a cobra.


And then a bear.


On the way home we stopped at Max's favorite place, In-N-Out, for lunch. I'm pretty sure he thought it was the perfect day.





Especially because he got to wear a hat and eat his birthday m&m's while he waited for his food.

And then that night we had the Bakers and Danielle over for some cake and more presents. His birthday was really really nice. And while I went to bed kind of sad that I had a four year old and that he is growing up so quickly and he's becoming such a grown up kind of kid I was also very very grateful for that little man. We've always called him "little man" because that's how he's always acted. I think growing up makes him really really happy and for that I'm happy, too. He's a great kid. He's sweet and funny and smart and loving and just so so cute. I'm excited to see him grow and become an adult and see what amazing things he'll do, because I know he'll be amazing.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAX!!