Someone in our house had a birthday yesterday! Rooke turned four and we were all excited about the day. It's truly hard to believe that I've known this little man for four years. Where has the time gone? His goals for this year are to learn how to read and ride his bike without training wheels. Rooke is our thinker. He asks lots of questions that give insight into the wheels that are constantly running in his head. His ability to retain things is just like his dad's - amazing. And he's pretty literal in his thinking, which I think he gets from his mom. He's a good big brother and a great encourager. We love our four-year-old!
Rooke got to open a present before his request of pancakes for breakfast - I love his sleepy face.
Gretchen and I joined him at preschool later in the morning. I sang some songs with the class, Gretchen got to have lunch with the big kids, and we shared cupcakes with everyone.
There was some miscommunication and the school wanted to use the cupcakes for snack, so we took two home and left the rest for the next day. I offered to let Rooke eat his outside before heading home, but he wanted to wait to have a candle. "I want a candle in all my treats today!" Ok!
In keeping with tradition (
three and
two), I let Rooke help me pick out his birthday cake. I prepared three options from pictures online that I thought I could handle. But in between clicking through the images, he spotted a race track cake and claimed it. I was putting the finishing touches on when he came down from his rest time . . .
He picked out four of his favorite race cars and strategically placed each one. It was an intense moment for my little man.
He was happy to smile, as long as he got to be by the cake!
Next he opened one of his presents from Grammy Deb and G-Daddy - a new baseball tee with bat and ball! Thank you!
He went right to work practicing . . .
. . . and we quickly moved the game outside! I love his stance!
While we were playing outside, some friends stopped by with a present for Rooke. So thoughtful! Their three boys love legos and were excited to help Rooke put together his new lego man!
And after homemade pizza for dinner and yummy race track cake, Rooke opened his last present from us . . . authentic knight wear. =) He's been into dressing up as a knight lately and we thought that, as cute as his socks and pillow case armor is, we'd take it to the next level. His four-year-old brains were too big for the helmet, but everything else worked out!
It was a happy day to be four!
