Tonight was more precious because tomorrow my baby boy will wake up a four year old. I think that means he is heading out of toddlerhood and into boyhood- and I don't like it. He is still the biggest Momma's Boy but he continues to spread his wings, find his footing and explore the world with the vision of a leader and entrepreneur. He often asks what chores he can add to his list to earn money for his piggy bank, he can count to 100 but still can't pronounce 13 or 30 the correct way, wears a superhero cape as often as he can or has me tie his baby blankets around his neck in similar fashion and loves to learn about science and nature.
This week we transitioned from his toddler bed (his original baby crib) into a new big boy bed in our new superhero themed big boy room. Even though we had fun decorating together and he is SO excited to share his new room with everyone, I know that this is such a milestone for him. One of many that we will pass this year. We are looking forward to starting basketball and baseball, spending our final year together before starting VPK next school year and learning even more random thoughts.
Some of my favorite witty lessons this year have been:
- Learning that cows have two stomachs
- Learning that izards do not have feet - they have "spatula" (After Googling it myself I learned the answer it spatulea. Nate pronounces it like the cooking tool, spatula).
- Being told about the planets of the solar system ( and I did not think to teach them to him)
- Learning that a tripod is different than a dipod because a tripod has three legs and a dipod only has two
- Rediscovering that cheetahs are the fastest animal on the planet - Nate will learn to run faster than a cheetah
My favorite things to do with Nate is to play with his hair, scratch his back and count our numbers at bedtime, watch his brain soak up information like a sponge and retain it well enough to tell his awesome stories to others (he gets so excited; his voice pitch changes and he walks on his toes) and see him be such a good big brother (I'm sure at some point this will change but for now he continues to be loving and patient).
To celebrate this big birthday, Nate chose a superhero themed party. He requested a bounce house with a slide and was able to make his invitation list this year by naming all of his friends. Nate doesn't like a lot of fuss and we were mostly outside so I kept the decor pretty simple; a cake table and superhero capes for all the guests.
SpiderMan and SuperWoman here to celebrate!
Piñata time!
A good shot at the capes made for each child; they were part of the goodie bags
Nate does not play for the camera like his sister does, so I'm grateful he was excited enough over his birthday to smile for a picture.
Spoke too soon about taking good pictures to celebrate his birthday - but at least there's one of the three of us.
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