4th Birthday

Happy Birthday, Philip!

His big present was his very own bicycle!

It's a "Harley" bicycle!

We didn't have anybody over on his birthday but we did have cupcakes.

White cake with blue frosting is what he wanted.

I couldn't just do that so I added some red icing for "webs" so we had "SpiderMan" cupcakes.

Here are the 4 kids.

We let Hayden light the candles.

Actually, I should say I let him light them.

John thought he was too young.

He's 11.

One of my ex-roommates was smoking when she was 12 so I figured he's probably old enough to light candles with a lighter.

I thought this was a cute picture.

Fourth Birthday

Today is Philip's 4th birthday.

He has been acting like a brat all week and I'm not sure what his damage is.

Today we ran some errands and he whined and complained nearly the entire time. I'm so tired of this behavior and nothing seems to work.

On the way home he told me, "Kangaroos are allergic to butter."

Then we stopped at Burger King and the fit was back. He refused a kid's meal. I asked him several times. But when we got home, of course he wanted his kid's meal.

Hopefully, he will take a nap or something today.

Jealous Much?

Yesterday, I dropped Phil off at Alma's. There was a BABY there. Oh, he was so cute with those big squishy cheeks and that toothless smile! I told the baby I was just gonna take him home with me.

Philip did not approve. He got so upset, "Mommy! I don't want you to take that baby home!"

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Last week I took him to a funeral and I got to hold my friend's little 15-mo-old girl. I held her for just a few minutes and then Phil came up behind me and grabbed on to me to remind me that HE was my baby.

The Invisible Man

I told Phil to go to bed. Then I went in to say prayers and tuck him in. The light was off so I just asked, "Phil, are you in here?"

A voice from out in the hall says, "uh, yes!"

Get in here, Boy!

He said, "That was funny, wasn't it, Mom? I was invisible!"

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Earlier, he scraped his leg. There wasn't any blood but I carried him to the bathroom and gave him a bandage.

Then I set him on the floor and asked him if he could walk.

He takes a step and says with a surprise, "I CAN walk!"

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Update: It's 10:00 and I just went in to check on the boys. Phil told me he was dreaming about noodles and a green car.

The Doggy Store

John wasn't feeling well today so I took all the kids and dropped the older two off at guitar lessons. Then the younger two and I went to Target and Scheels to kill time while we waited.

When we got home Phil was telling his Dad that he got something at the "doggy" store. I had no idea what he was talking about until I remembered the picture at Target of that white dog with the red "target" around his eye.

Then he was telling us how to make zombies slide down the stairs. First you put slime on the stairs so they will slide down on a skateboard, then you lock the door after them.

I think maybe he has been watching too much "Scooby Doo."