Saturday, March 26, 2011

HaPpY 4tH bIrThDaY gAvIn!!

My little man turned 4 this week! My how time flies. We had a family birthday party for him the Saturday before his birthday and then I took work off and we spent his actual birthday with him. Here's a recap. P.S. There are tons of pictures, but this IS currently my scrapbook AND journal. 
All sports guys have stats, her are Gavin's at age 4:
Height: 3'6
Weight: 40.2 lbs (with pj's)
Eyes: blue
Hair: Light brown 
(he's excited because his hair is getting dark like mine)
 He is always telling us he loves us
He has his own language that he speaks and we can't understand a bit of it, we refer to it as Gavinese
Every night he stands at the end of his bed and says" Ready set go black batman and Robin and Isaiah superhero" and then jumps into bed.

Q&A: Life according to Gavin
How tall are you? Really big
What is your favorite color? Black
What is your favorite movie? Rookie (Cars)
What is your favorite food? Batman fruit snacks
What is your favorite drink? Pink juice (crystal light)
What is your favorite song? I am a Child of God
Who is your best friend? Luke, Teagan, Edge (from daycare) and Leo
Who's Leo? You know, from my birthday party  (@ Leo's ha ha)
What does daddy do for work? (Don't know the answer because it was in Gavinese)
What does mommy do for work? I don't know


Family Birthday Party @ Leo's
 He wanted a "black batman birthday" with a "black batman cake". I ended up with what looked like a piece of charcoal cut into a bat. I will spare you the long process that it took me to screw up his cake, but I will tell you it was a very frustrating process. Luckily I have a wonderful husband who came to Gavin and I's rescue and fixed the cake!
 Much better! Look at my happy boy!
 Mmmmm....what should I wish for?
 Must....blow....harder
 All done!
 My niece Madisen
 A disadvantage to black frosting is you end up with a mouth like this! Aidyn wasn't the only one who ended up with black lips, teeth and tongue. I guess we didn't think that one out very well ; )
 Faith and Gavin
 In the play area at Leo's
 Gavin showing me how messy his face was (which was nothing compared to the other kids). 
He wanted the chocolate cake instead of his black batman cake
 Our very spoiled little boy with all of his loot!
Thank you everyone!
I made Gavin the black cape he is wearing.
 One of the super cute homemade cards from Gavin's cousins
 His invitation

 He got Batman pajamas from G&G Fry
 He wanted me to take a picture of his cape too
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Gavin's "Real" Birthday - March 22
 We decorate Gavin's room every birthday. We do it the night before so it's there when he wakes up. This year he came into our room and said "Why is all that stuff in my room?" I had to remind him it was his birthday!
 Peeking out his doorway
 I made him a clown pancake for his birthday. I won't tell you how long it took me, but it was quite a while mixing all the colors and getting everything just how I wanted it. I thought it turned out pretty good for my first try.
 I put it in front of him and he said "What is it?"
Playing Mario Kart with their capes
Mom, Gavin and Teagan
 Playing in the ball pit @ Blast Off
(I love having a kid so I can be a kid again!!)

 Daddy enjoys being a kid again too!
 They have an obstacle course there and I challenged Cody to a race and I BEAT  him the first time. Then he kept going through it a lone to get a game plan and then he wanted to race again. Liz caught the finish on camera. Unfortunately for me I lost the second time and even though we essentially tied, Cody still claims he is the winner because the first time was a "practice run"
 After dinner we told Gavin he could pick whatever he wanted for dessert and he wanted a cupcake. We gave him the choice of Cocoa Bean or the Cupcake Factory and he chose the Cupcake Factory. He picked the darkest cupcake there because "black is my favorite color"
 I wanted to sing to him and let him blow out candles since it was his actual birthday. 
All I could find to put the candles in was a hostess cupcake, but it did the job!
 Look at all that smoke!
 Him and daddy having a funny face contest
 We also got him a bike helmet for his birthday. 
 We decided to test it out and went for a very cold (it snowed that morning)
bike ride to the "yellow park" around the corner.
 
 The End

1 comment:

Jessie said...

I cannot believe Gavin is 4 already! Ahhh!!! Wasn't it like last week that you brought him to the office in his car seat? He looks like such an awesome kid. I love that he loves batman... and the color black. And you are such a good mommy, Teri! I really like the idea of decorating his room.