Lou Turns 4

Grandma started Lou's 4th B-day celebration in UT -

and we kept the party going all the way back to ID

with a little - pin the tail on the donkey.-

Older brother dying for some "you're welcome" b-day affection.

crazed party guest

modeling new Woody hat

How cool am I in my new b-day clothes?

Nice try Papa....



but that costume belongs to the Lou-dog.

This year for his b-day Lou got:

A huge semi truck/trailer loaded with cars from Grandma and Grandpa,

Bullseye and Woody from Buckabu and Papa,

Zurg from his brothers,

Woody costume, super hero action figures, and clothes from his parents.

Pretty spoiled my little lad.

But we love ya.

 

To my tall, handsome, energetic four year old,

How did you get so big? You love, I mean LOVE being four. You kept showing me on your fingers, for days before your b-day, how old you would soon be. You love feeling big and the idea of getting older. You desperately want to catch up to Little C and every time you eat or wake up in the morning you want us to check to see if you've grown bigger.

Your new found electronic loves are Little C's Nintendo DS and playing Sonic/Mario Olympics on the Wii. You went through a huge Thomas the Train phase while conquering the potty. If you went to the bathroom in the toilet for a week you would get a Thomas toy. When you were using the restroom we'd hear you shout things like, "Poop for Salty!" and so forth. HILARIOUS.

You still go through How to Train your Dragon spurts but you haven't been as in love with your dragons lately.

You love milk - you refer to it as regular milk so as not to be confused with Ruckus' and Little C's chocolate milk.

You thought your order for "regular" beverages would transfer over into the rootbeer department when you declared you only wanted regular beer and not rootbeer like your other brothers. Nice try buddy :). Just kidding.

You love to be outside riding your bike and even learned how to take it off a jump this summer. After many bumps and bruises we convinced you to give it a break but you were out there the next day trying to master it again.

Right now you are a Mama's boy. Hurray! For about a month before your youngest brother was born you kept sneaking into our bed at night. You are not a cuddler during the day, so I was so happy to have my little guy to cuddle with at night.

You try to convince me everyday of different made-up things we have scheduled. I guess you think that if you say it aloud often enough it will come true.

One evening you decided that it was time for swim lessons to start up again. You kept telling me over and over again that you were going to be late for your lesson and that we'd better hurry. By nine o'clock p.m. I told you that swim lessons aren't starting for a couple months, plus your swim instructor isn't even there at this time of night.

You were sure I was wrong and you told me your teacher would always be there for you.

During family home evening every week after Daddy and I ask which song we should sing, you say, "Jesus."

We always ask the same question, "What song is that?"

You never know.

Even after we give you many examples :).

But we'll try again this week.

You are a delight my dear. Not that I can call you that. You strictly want to be called your given name and nothing else. You are not a dude, buddy, or a pal.

It's a good thing to know who you are buddy :), so we support that. 

You have a sensitive sniffer and detest the slightest unenjoyable scent. If you detect something in this category you let everyone know that,"it smells like stink in here."

You love anything that involves learning and doing flash cards with me. We also have learning videos that I hear you singing to while you practice your nursery rhymes and ABCs.

We love everything about you.

One of my favorites is this:

Every morning you rush into my room and say, "Mom, I woke up!" 

and then you run and give me a big hug.

Oh my big guy. I love, love, love you!

Happy B-day my four year old.

Love,

Mama