Chris: 4 Years Old

 Chris is 4!

These two photos definitely capture the essence of Chris at 4: the cutest little angel with a rascal inside (and a popsicle face) 

Chris at 4:

• Favorite foods: chocolate peanut butter smoothies, yogurt, pickles, chicken noodle soup, hamburgers, french fries
• Favorite TV shows: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Baby Einstein, Thomas, Angry Birds
• Chris loves that we live 1 block from Grandma & Grandpa. He would live there if he could. 
• Board games of all kinds are his favorite. He wants us to play games with him all day. Some of his favorites are Suspend and Sequence for kids. 
• He is very attached to his morning routine. He is almost always the first one up, and he crawls in bed for snuggles with Mommy. Then he relaxes in Mommy's bed to watch his show, drink his chocolate peanut butter smoothie, and eat some dry cereal (usually raisin bran). Life is always better if we don't have to interrupt Chris's morning.
• He is the sweetest little snuggly angel who can also throw some fantastically epic tantrums. Hoping that the terrible 3's are going to be a thing of the past soon!
• He loves to build: Legos, trains, puzzles, blocks. They are all great. He builds some very impressive things all by himself, but he loves it if Mom or Dad will build with him. He doesn't really like to play with his creations after he builds them. The joy is in the building. Once it is built, we crash it and build it again.
• Mommy's little shadow. He is a great helper, especially with shopping. Chris loves going to the store. Wal Mart and Costco are his favorites. 
• Started his first year of Preschool. He hates getting dressed in the morning but loves school once he gets there.
• Chris is a tender little soul, and we love him so much!

Chris's birthday started as most Chris days do: dry raisin cereal and a chocolate peanut butter smoothie in Mommy's bed. Then he went to school. He chose sugar cookies with pink frosting and sprinkles for his birthday treat to take to his class.

After school, Chris helped me make his birthday cake, and we went to the grocery store (one of Chris's favorite activities). His requests for birthday activities were to go to the park and eat dinner at Grandma's house. We started with the joy of rolling down a hill at the park. 

Since Daddy had class that evening, we switched things up and did cake and presents before dinner. Grandma met us at the park for his little birthday party. 

Chris has some amazing facial expressions lately. 

For his birthday, Chris got Magformers, a bath time boat, a wipe-off book (another current obsession) and some awesome dominoes. 

We had hamburgers with Grandma and Grandpa and played with Chris's new toys. I thought about having cousins over for a party, but Chris really didn't care. He was just happy to spend the night at Grandma's. Happy birthday, Chris!