Ben is FOUR

I can't believe four years have gone by since my little boy arrived after a long two hour push in the delivery room, eyes wide open and full of wonder and placed into my arms. He is beyond what I ever expected. I never felt so much love, had so much fun, been so exhausted and loved every minute of it at the same time.

Ben had a spectacular birthday week. He celebrated at school on Wednesday with his classmates by Mommy bringing in cupcakes for his afternoon snack. He LOVED all the kids singing to him and couldn't wait to eat his cupcake and started before all the other kids. They all told on him of course, but the teacher said it was his birthday cupcakes and he could do that if he pleased.

On Friday (if his official birthday), his Mom took off work. Nagymama also had the day off and offered to hang with us while we went to breakfast and then to an outing of Ben's choosing. He had a choice between the Bounce House OR Great Country Farm. It was a tough choice, but thankfully Ben choose the indoor fun at the Bounce House because man was it hot! He had a terrific time playing while his Nagymama and I followed him around. Once the open gym time was complete, we headed to a McDonald lunch, which we ate back at home. Nagymama then headed to her appointment while we all went down for a nice long nap. It was perfect timing too as a huge thunderstorm rolled in and lasted almost the entire duration of the nap.



Not too long after Ben and everyone woke up, James came home. Ben was so excited to see his Dad and we all decided to have fun at Chuck-e-Cheese. Before we left we sang Happy Birthday to Ben and gave him his gift which was a MobiGo and a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse game to go with it. He was ecstatic (as you can see from the photo above). Once we got to Chuck-e-Cheese, Ben dived right into playing with different games, riding on the rides and playing in the play tubes like they have at McDonalds play areas. Gaga also met up with us as she wanted Ben to receive his gifts on his birthday. During one point, while Ben was in the play tubes, Gaga, James and I were sitting in a booth with Alexis when we heard Ben knock on the see through tube above our heads. He had no pants on. Hmmm. We asked where his pants were, he smiled and then adorned his birthday suit in front of everyone. We all yelled at him to put his pants back on, turned our heads and just about died laughing. We were all shocked. It wasn't completely surprising Ben did that, but also something he hasn't done before. The kid has no shame.

The next day was Ben's birthday party. We headed out to Bull Run Park to Shelter 7 shortly after nine as he had a 10:30 birthday party and we needed time to set up. We planned on a little play time at the shelter, open presents, birthday cake and a small lunch as we were going swimming shortly after. I thought about having more food, but its horrible eating too much and swimming afterward. Ben had a fantastic time with his cousin, Julie, Ashleigh, Cameron and Noah. Ben absolutely loved his Mickey Mouse birthday cake made by his Nagypapa and had the cutest smirk when he was being sung Happy Birthday too. He was trying so hard not so smile for some reason. What a tough guy!
After we all had our fill of food, cake and presents we headed to the water park for some fun. Man did Ben have a blast! We spent hours at the pool going from the big kid pool area to the little kid pool area. We left after three hours of non stop play at the pool to change and then pick up Alexis who left with her Nagypapa and Nagymama when we all headed to the pool. Once we arrived at my parents, Ben then got his birthday present from Nagypapa and Nagymama which was a power wheel ATV. He was shocked and surprised! He absolutely loved it! I kind of knew he would. His cousin and Aunt came over shortly after for dinner with the family. The kids had a fun time until it was time to go home. I was very happy that Ben despite playing for hours on end, non stop with no nap, did not have a melt down. We ended the night tired, a little sun burnt and quite happy.

Happy Birthday little man! I am so happy that you have came into our lives my little fire cracker boy!