Hunter turned 4 years old on June 14th, also Flag Day. I never even knew Flag Day existed until Hunter was born on the same day! Now I remember it every year!
We started his birthday off with swimming lessons. He was excited to bring a treat to share with his swimming friends. We brought some fruit snacks. Easy to transport and pass out, plus the heat doesn't affect them! His class sang Happy Birthday to him and he got to pick out a treat when he was done.
On the way over to swimming lessons, Jacob was a little jealous to say the least. He does not like to pass the spotlight onto anyone, especially his younger brother. He was pouting and telling us how it was the worst day because Hunter was being mean to him! Sometimes I don't know what to do with that boy!
We signed up to have the Boy Scouts put a flag up on the patriotic holidays for us. It was fun to tell Hunter they put it up for his birthday! It made him feel special. That night when we came home from dinner he discovered "his flag" was gone! Nauni (Trevor's mom) stopped by to deliver Hunter's birthday present. I don't know why I didn't get a picture of them together. ARGH!
Hunter was really excited about his dollars. One of our traditions is to take those dollars to Toys R Us and he gets to spend them any way he wants! It really is a treat for my kids. I don't buy them much at the store on regular shopping trips unless it comes from the dollar section! It is going to be a tough trip with Jacob in tow when he is not the one that gets to pick out a toy and bring it home! Hunter is always so happy for Jacob when it's his birthday. It's funny how different they are!
The Happy Birthday Boy!
Hunter's present got delivered on his birthday. I was hoping it would come at least the day before so we would have time to assemble it before he woke up on his birthday, but I waited too long to order it. He really wanted one of these Cozy Coupe cars. He is almost too big for it, but I really wanted to get him one thing and not more little toys to add to our overgrown collection in the basement closet. So it arrived that afternoon and Trevor snuck it into our room to assemble it. We had the door locked while trying to put it together and all of a sudden the boys were knocking on the door. We told them we were busy and couldn't open the door. I squeezed out the door and past them to get Trevor a tool and Hunter asked who that car was for. I asked him what he was talking about and he told me he saw it under the door! Sneaky stinker!
Adam got to help deliver the present.
Hunter was waiting here with his eyes closed.
He was excited..until we told him the car was for Adam.
He didn't like that one bit!
We finally stopped teasing him and let him have his birthday present. He LOVES it! When he was going to bed that night, he resisted because he wanted to play with his car still. I told him he could play with it tomorrow. He asked, "I get to keep it forever??" Awh!
Dinner did not turn out like I planned! I had planned for us to go to Chili's. They were having a special where kids ate for free that night and I thought that would be the perfect place for Hunter's birthday dinner. I had been looking forward to it all day! Somehow right before we left, Hunter was asked where he wanted to go for his birthday dinner and he decided he wanted McDonald's. We could not do ANYTHING to change his mind, unfortunately. Trevor even offered to have Chili's that night and then go to McDonald's another day. He didn't budge. I was VERY disappointed, but finally stopped having a bad attitude about it. The Birthday Boy should get to choose where we eat on his birthday! Blah!!
Gotta have a birthday cake on his birthday! Not as fancy as the one I made for him, but it was free!!
I love this picture. It just catches the essence and simple pleasures of a child.
I am trying really hard to remember to take a family shot on all of our holidays! I like having one with everyone together.
Happy Birthday Hunter! I hope your 4th birthday was a good one! We love you!!
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