Four big ones

1st Brother turned 4 in mid-August--hooray! The day of he did a morning treasure hunt for presents and we spent time with friends at the Discovery Museum. We shared one of those single pieces of cake from Safeway and had ice cream in the evening.

A few days later, we had a week day morning Chuck E. Cheese party where we provided pizza, cupcakes, and tokens and let the kids go nuts. This worked pretty well, especially for me since I don't have a love for party planning, and making cute cakes and decorating things stresses me out. I don't think I "stood in that line" [in heaven] as My Husband likes to say; my talents lie elsewhere.

The favorite gift this year has to be Transformers. In the past 6 weeks, he's told a number of acquaintances and strangers, "I just turned 4. And I have Transformers."