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Our little Kai guy turned 4 last week! We did a little celebrating last Monday with our Tuckahoe friends. Kai requested an ice cream cake and Star Wars cake. The cake was anything but fancy. I just stuck some of their Star Wars toys (I washed them, don’t worry) into the cake. Pretty lame. But this kid was so giggly and excited for his special cake!

We had plans to go to Culver’s to celebrate on his actual birthday. But to make this birthday more memorable, he and I got strep throat instead. I debated all day whether or not we should go get tested. The only reason I even went was because Don had just had it. So we headed to Walgreens and were both diagnosed with strep throat. Bummer! Then we went to Target to get some ibuprofen for my poor little guy. As we were about to head inside, the tornado sirens started going off. I knew I would rather be inside Target than driving around in the dark with tornadoes, so we ran inside and hung out until the sirens were done. Let’s just say that I probably won’t forget his 4th birthday…at least for a few years.

Thankfully, once we had the antibiotics in our system, we started feeling better pretty quickly. I had gotten Kai a happy meal during our night out, but he fell asleep before he even got to eat it. I’m pretty sure this was the first happy meal he’s ever gotten. It made his day when he got to have it the next day for lunch.

If I had to describe Kai, I would use words like: silly, random, giggly, cheerful, crazy, lovable, sweet, hyper. He is always saying and doing silly things. And has the craziest dance moves. He’s been a dancer since he was a baby.

I did a little interview with him like I did last year. Quite a few answers were the same this year.

Age: 4

Favorite color: Blue

Favorite animal: pig

Favorite song: Amazing Grace

Favorite toy: his new Iron Man toy
Favorite game: Mystery Mansion
Favorite food: chicken and hot dogs
Favorite drink: milk
Favorite dessert: Star Wars cake
Favorite thing to do with mommy: play with Miss
Favorite thing to do with daddy: play Sonic
Favorite thing to do with Liam: play Toejam and Earl
Favorite thing to do with Kingston: watch him be good

Favorite thing to do with Evangeline: cuddle
Best friend: Evangeline
What he wants for birthday dinner: Stromboli
Favorite movie: Star Wars
Favorite restaurant: “Starvation Army” (Me: “Kai, that’s not a place to eat. And it’s called ‘SALVATION army.'”) Kai: “Oh. Then Culver’s.”
Favorite instrument: guitar
What do you want to do when you grow up: “I wanna be a pillow.” He also answered: gardener
Favorite superheroes: Superman

I love to look back and see the ways he’s changed over the past year. The interview questions may not be that exciting to anyone else, but posts like this make me thankful that I started blogging. It’s special to me to be able to watch them grow through this blog.
Kai is so special to us! We sure do love him!

P.S. We made up for our cancelled trip to Culver’s.

P.P.S. Salted caramel is an amazing topping. I could probably eat spoonfuls of it.

April 8, 2014

birthday, Blog, Family, kids, kingston

Happy Birthday Kingston!

Guess what Kingston learned to do on Friday night? He learned to climb out of his crib. (He also used his potty chair too! But that was an isolated event.) I have been dreading the day that Kingston would have to move to his brothers’ room. Neither of the other boys had been in a crib as long as Kingston. But I just didn’t feel he was ready. And I wasn’t ready for the lack of sleep that would result from the move.

When we discovered that he could now climb out of the crib, we decided it was time to move to the big boys’ room.

Saturday was Kingston’s birthday and his first night to share a room with Liam and Kai. And you know what? He did just fine! He only got out of bed once. He looked so sweet laying between his brothers, ready to sleep next to them. We moved Liam to the top bunk the next night. And Evangeline is now in the crib. Everyone is adjusting well to the bed switches. Evangeline went to bed at 9pm last night and just woke up at noon! I’d say she loves her crib.

Anyway, since I was at the Beatles tribute show half the day on Kingston’s birthday, we had his party on Sunday afternoon.

I probably should have done a better job about taking pictures. We had an ice cream party with lots of delicious toppings. Kingston had a great time!

It got up to the 70s that day, so thankfully the kids were able to play (and eat) on the deck.

I was hoping to get the shindig started earlier to have good lighting for pictures, but it didn’t start as early as planned.

The kids loved the gummy bears on their ice cream.

And Maggi loved the sprinkles.

Even though Kingston has been the most work so far, we have loved these 2 years with him. He is wild and energetic. He loves to give kisses, read, and growl. He has the stinkiest feet known to mankind. He loves to enthusiastically say the word “fun!” when he’s having a good time. He likes to aggravate Kai but he also loves to play with his brothers. He loves his baby sister (“gully”) and loves to kiss her.

When he’s staying out of trouble, he is a lot of fun 🙂

We love our little Kingston guy!

November 20, 2013