it was quite the celebration week for max's fourth birthday!! quick flashback to max's soccer picture - he looks like such a big boy!!
on thursday, i joined max at preschool and they celebrated his birthday in class.
putting 4 candles on his "cake"
the kids singing happy birthday to him. he chose juice and blueberry munchkins for his treat.
on friday, we ran errands, and then ella got ready for her girl scouts (daisy) meeting - with her vest!
we hosted a birthday party for max on sunday at mcdonald park. his only request for his birthday party was that he had blue (jungle juice) eegee's. it is a flavor of the month, so we had to order a special "cube" of it that feeds 50 people. thank goodness the stuff freezes well and he has a few additional portions to get him through the next few months!!
the theme of his party was dinosaurs. when i asked him why dinosaurs, his reply was "dinosaurs are awesome because they roar!!!" so jenny embroidered his shirt to read: "roar, i'm 4...T-Max."
4 (!!) eegee's later...showing off his blue tongue.
the kids getting lined up for the piñata...which max still calls a "pina colada." yup. that's my kid.
happy birthday, max!!!! i can't believe you are FOUR!!!!
after we dropped ella off at school, we made a quick run to target, where the check-out lady wished him a happy birthday and gave him a gift card to get a free cake pop from starbucks!!
then, off to the zoo with jack and josie!
these kiddos just love each other and act like they are siblings when they're together.
first up, was the train around reid park.
quick snack stop...
then jenny called a friend who works at the zoo - we had missed the daily giraffe feeding (normally it's $2.00 for 2 carrot sticks to feed the giraffe and you have to move quickly). we were granted a private giraffe feeding and he gave the kids a BUCKET of carrots. they spent about 20 minutes running around the platform by themselves feeding the giraffes. so so so so amazing!!
time for another snack...
if you look closely, there is a completely different snack in his hand now...
...and because about 3 minutes went by without food, we got dippin' dots ice cream.
after a ride on the carousel (max is no fun and wanted to sit on the bench), we went to grimaldi's for pizza!
after picking up els, we went home to make more pizza and have a great birthday dinner with daddy, els, gigi and poppie.
happy happy happy birthday, my sweet max. you are so sweet, loving, cuddly, funny, smart, mischievous, yet sometimes demonstrate the responsibility level of a 40 year old man. hope you had a great birthday - we loved celebrating you and seeing how much you've grown this year. love you so much, buddy!!!!!
